The technical staff of publishing houses needs to produce accessible digital publications, in the simplest possible way. It all started with a request signed by a series of international organizations – including IPA (International Publishers Association), WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and World Blind Union – to the CEO of Adobe, asking for the commitment to work to enhance InDesign’s capabilities for producing accessible digital publications.Īdobe InDesign is the most widely used professional layout software for the production of paginated materials and digital publications. Why was this working group created? Why is it so important to work with Adobe?

Starting from the needs and requests of publishers and content producers, this working group brings together international experts with the aim of providing Adobe with all the information on the necessary changes and updates to improve the software toward the accessibility mindset. We interviewed Gregorio Pellegrino, Chief Accessibility Officer of Fondazione LIA, who has been appointed Co-chair of the Better EPUB from InDesign Working Group created by the Daisy Consortium. So, the job of publishers and content creators is made more difficult.įondazione LIA together with other experts and international organizations have already got in touch with Adobe some years ago, with the aim of requesting to adapt the software so that users can create accessible content in the software, without any further processing with other tools, as it is already the case for the PDF format.

This software does not, in fact, contain the necessary tools for autonomous production of digital publications in a born-accessible mindset, which is going to be increasingly important with the upcoming application of the European Accessibility Act in 2025. Adobe InDesign, the world’s most widely used layout designing software, does not currently fully support the native production of accessible contents in EPUB, the best format for accessibility requirements.

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