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Hitch · 12-11-2019, 09:08 AM

Alright, so...yes, yes, yes, this should be in the V&R forum, but, so what. I'd have to explain everything, for those good folks to get it, and you lads (and ladies) will "get it" right away.

There are reasons that a decade ago, you all knew me as a fun, lighthearted, warm, kind person(alright, yes, I'm slathering it on a bit) but now, I'm old, jaded and bitter. This email is one of the reasons, and all its brethren, that drive me to misogynistic tendencies, in the original meaning of the word...

An inquiry from someone yesterday, which said:

Spoiler:

Me:

Whu?

followed by:

This is why I'm insane. This is the sort of thing that is turning me into the Ebeneezer Scrooge of Scrooges, lemme tell ya.

So, for those of you that WILL ask, my reply:

Spoiler:

Which, of course, was not my REAL, inner-dialogue reply. I'll refrain from that, because with my luck, that person will search on this standard and this bloody post will come up.

I mean...if you're gonna be an accessibility badass, don'tcha think you should at least READ the damned standards? And pay attention to the fact that they're for THE WEB, not eBooks, where things like "make it easier for users to hear or see the content" are ENTIRELY in the control of the device-and-firmware makers, ffs?

AGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

Hitch

12-11-2019, 09:08 AM	#1
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,503 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	A bookmaker's V&R... Alright, so...yes, yes, yes, this should be in the V&R forum, but, so what. I'd have to explain everything, for those good folks to get it, and you lads (and ladies) will "get it" right away. There are reasons that a decade ago, you all knew me as a fun, lighthearted, warm, kind person(alright, yes, I'm slathering it on a bit) but now, I'm old, jaded and bitter. This email is one of the reasons, and all its brethren, that drive me to misogynistic tendencies, in the original meaning of the word... An inquiry from someone yesterday, which said: Spoiler: What accessibility standards are you able to adhere to in your ePUB conversion? We are looking for a minimum of WCAG 2.0. Are you able to meet these and if so, how does it affect your pricing? Me: Whu? followed by: followed by: This is why I'm insane. This is the sort of thing that is turning me into the Ebeneezer Scrooge of Scrooges, lemme tell ya. So, for those of you that WILL ask, my reply: Spoiler: With all due respect, WCAG 2.0 is for web documents—not eBooks. if you search the WCAG, there's not even a reference to ePUB fles or any other eBooks, and that's for a reason. There are standards that no eBookmaker can meet—no matter what—like, for example, "keyboard functionality." We don't control that—the device-maker does. So, that falls to Amazon, to Apple, to B&N and so on. For me to be able to address those standards that an eBook can achieve, I have to know what environments the eBooks will be read upon, and every single device. Because every device has different capaiblities. So—which WCAG 2.0 standards, exactly, are you trying to hit, that you feel eBooks can do, and secondly, upon what devices and in which environment will these ebooks be used? Which, of course, was not my REAL, inner-dialogue reply. I'll refrain from that, because with my luck, that person will search on this standard and this bloody post will come up. I mean...if you're gonna be an accessibility badass, don'tcha think you should at least READ the damned standards? And pay attention to the fact that they're for THE WEB, not eBooks, where things like "make it easier for users to hear or see the content" are ENTIRELY in the control of the device-and-firmware makers, ffs? AGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Hitch