Laura Brady

Laura Brady

Inclusive publishing expert who wants to share how to make more accessible ebooks from Word and InDesign.

4.11 CSS Cleanup

4.11 CSS Cleanup

4.12 QA Checks

4.12 QA Checks

4.10 Accessibility Metadata

4.10 Accessibility Metadata

4.9 DPUB ARIA

4.9 DPUB ARIA

4.7 Building a Pagelist

4.7 Building a Pagelist

4.8 Language Declarations

4.8 Language Declarations

4.6 Nav Cleanup

4.6 Nav Cleanup

4.5 Context Breaks

4.5 Context Breaks

4.4 HTML Cleanup

4.4 HTML Cleanup

4.2 EPUB Tour

4.2 EPUB Tour

4.1 Text Editors

4.1 Text Editors

3.2 EPUB Export Options

3.2 EPUB Export Options

3.1 TOC Styles

3.1 TOC Styles

2.7 Table Styles

2.7 Table Styles

2.6 Edit all Export Tags

2.6 Edit all Export Tags

2.5 Object Styles

2.5 Object Styles

2.3 Index Hyperlinking

2.3 Index Hyperlinking

2.2 Cleaning Up Styles

2.2 Cleaning Up Styles

1.5 Semantics

1.5 Semantics

1.4 Non breaking Spaces

1.4 Non breaking Spaces

1.3 White Space Items

1.3 White Space Items

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  • @svneverforever
    @svneverforever10 күн бұрын

    Has anyone done any testing of the page navigation on more complex books i.e. sidebars and fullpage images to see what kind of choices InDesign makes? I know this was a bit fraught using the pagestaker script.

  • @laurabrady2205
    @laurabrady22059 күн бұрын

    The page navigation feature is much better in the pre-release already. The most egregious thing the export does is to skip blank pages.

  • @DanielPersson
    @DanielPerssonАй бұрын

    Hi Laura. Thank you for this extensive series, I watched it through and found a lot of good suggestions and also a couple of ideas for improvement in my flows. Even if I parse / produce with theses formats (and PDF) every workday I still found a couple of things that I never heard / thought about. Keep up the great work, let's make the world more accessible. Best regards Daniel

  • @DanielPersson
    @DanielPerssonАй бұрын

    After parsing PDF for 8+ years I do concur that PDF is a special word.

  • @spottynumbat
    @spottynumbatАй бұрын

    I am amazed that after a year, this wonderful series apparently only has a few hundred views. I'm finding it tremendously useful.

  • @AliciaBrownFTW
    @AliciaBrownFTWАй бұрын

    I *also* use the pasteboard for "notes to self", as it were! 🙂

  • @mrgraphik
    @mrgraphikАй бұрын

    This is extremely helpful. Thank you so much for your hard work! I am deeply disappointed that this process is so involved though. Shame on Adobe!

  • @alexandreandrejow7711
    @alexandreandrejow77113 ай бұрын

    If epub:type is meaningless why don’t you remove all of them?

  • @laurabrady2205
    @laurabrady22052 ай бұрын

    I use epub:type as scaffolding upon which to layer DPUB ARIA. Also, you do need epub:type for pop-up footnotes.

  • @alexandreandrejow7711
    @alexandreandrejow77113 ай бұрын

    Do you recommend adding page numbers in there’s no printed version of the book? It feels somewhat weird, because depending on the size of the device, there will be more or less page turns.

  • @laurabrady2205
    @laurabrady22052 ай бұрын

    I do. It's another nice layer of navigation. Can't hurt, might help.

  • @alexandreandrejow7711
    @alexandreandrejow77113 ай бұрын

    Thanks for making these videos. I have watched your older course on LinkedIn Learning, and I learned a lot. There are basically no one on the Portuguese language internet teaching how to make accessible, or good quality in general, epubs. That fact makes your content even more valuable to several bilingual people around the world.

  • @laurabrady2205
    @laurabrady22052 ай бұрын

    I am pleased you find them helpful. I recommend you look at these folks: dualpixel.com.br/

  • @damonsutton8813
    @damonsutton88134 ай бұрын

    Hi, thanks for these videos! did you have the word file check list mentioned that I can download? Thanks! I have some errors in Ace, but am not really a coder (basic css). So trying to work out how the role tags are incorporated in.

  • @laurabrady2205
    @laurabrady220511 күн бұрын

    Part way down this page is a download button with all the files mentioned in these videos. apln.ca/making-ebooks-with-indesign/

  • @GreyCatDot
    @GreyCatDot9 ай бұрын

    Where can I find the word file?

  • @laurabrady2205
    @laurabrady220511 күн бұрын

    Part way down this page is a "download" button for the course files. apln.ca/making-ebooks-with-indesign/

  • @GreyCatDot
    @GreyCatDot9 ай бұрын

    I use epub FlightDeck to validate and it tends to add its own id=<"flightdeck_(date, rights, language, etc.)_####"> Should I get rid of them?

  • @GreyCatDot
    @GreyCatDot9 ай бұрын

    If you have to make edits after you have exported to ePub, do you have to run this script each time or no?

  • @user-gb6cm5bs6e
    @user-gb6cm5bs6e Жыл бұрын

    FYI, BBEdit will in fact edit the zipped epub. It just insists you save everytime you change xhtml files

  • @MonikaPolefkaProulx
    @MonikaPolefkaProulx Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info. I am at my wits end. When I export I get my rasterized title and then a duplicate title page not rasterized. I have tried everything. I even deleted the title page to see what would happen, and then I got the copyright page duplicated. I have no idea what to do! If you have any pointers I would really appreciate it! thanks

  • @laurabrady2205
    @laurabrady2205 Жыл бұрын

    You need to go into the content.opf file and mark that title page as non-linear. And ebook has to have some kind of cover so that something shows up on the bookshelf.

  • @MonikaPolefkaProulx
    @MonikaPolefkaProulx Жыл бұрын

    @laurabrady2205 thanks. I have no idea what you mean. What program do I need to do that?

  • @WebFanNY
    @WebFanNY Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video, I'm learning Object Styles today and ended up subscribing too!

  • @rmcinaz
    @rmcinaz Жыл бұрын

    You could also build into your Chapter Name P style, a nested style to apply the script font to "Chapter/s/d" or up to a soft return.

  • @rmcinaz
    @rmcinaz Жыл бұрын

    I am enjoying your series. Very informative for the new or inexperienced InDesign user. I use all these techniques all the time and I am 100% print only. One thing, probably overkill/advanced, but you could use a GREP in your text paragraph style so that any month followed by a space and a number become non-breaking (also requires a character style "no break"). This would do this automatically and you wouldn't even have to think about it. Not sure how that conveys to accessibility, though. (January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s\d+

  • @RusstafaB
    @RusstafaB Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tip on 'leading" When I set up an "Inline image" style never did that, so I will try it on "auto"

  • @RusstafaB
    @RusstafaB Жыл бұрын

    Never knew that, thank you.

  • @RusstafaB
    @RusstafaB Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Laura did not realise you were doing this course. I know this will be very helpful, so thank you!

  • @RusstafaB
    @RusstafaB Жыл бұрын

    Thank you APLN is a very interesting site.

  • @RusstafaB
    @RusstafaB Жыл бұрын

    So good to see you putting out more videos, Laura. I have learnt an incredible amount from your tutorials. I never knew about DAISY until I saw your videos. One point of note down the bottom in "Preflight", you are showing "1 error". I am a newbie, but preflight is one of my go-to components to check stuff before publishing, and there is so much you can do with it in the settings if you fine-tune it. Thank you!

  • @davidstirling6063
    @davidstirling6063 Жыл бұрын

    This is the first time I've seen an explanation why you'd want to distinguish between <em> and <I> italics, thanks!

  • @laurabrady2205
    @laurabrady2205 Жыл бұрын

    I am so glad you found it useful, David.