Editing for accessibility and inclusion
Our August general meeting is presented by Julie Ganner AE.
To register to attend in person visit the Trybooking page by 3 pm on 28 August. Registering helps us with catering, but isn’t essential.
Date: Wednesday 28 August 2024
Time: 5:45 pm (for drinks and nibbles), 6:30 pm (talk and webinar)
Dinner If you’d like to join others for dinner at La Rustica by the Lake after the talk, see the details below.
About the presentation
Disability groups estimate that fewer than 10 per cent of publications worldwide are currently accessible to people with print disability. Reading materials must always be developed with equal access in mind so all readers have the chance to engage with the stories and information we create. Editors therefore need to learn how to prepare text and images so that people who read tactually and aurally don’t miss out on information that is conveyed visually.
This presentation aims to provide editors with an understanding of the key issues involved in creating accessible content. It will introduce the diverse ways in which audiences read and the barriers to reading that people experience if their needs are not addressed adequately. It will then discuss best practice in writing and editing, including how to create appropriate image descriptions (alt text).
About the presenter
Julie Ganner AE is a freelance editor and a lecturer in editing for The University of Sydney’s Master of Publishing. She has represented the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) at the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative (AIPI), a cross-industry forum on print accessibility, and is former chair of IPEd’s Accessibility Initiative Working Party. Julie is co-author of Books without barriers: A practical guide to inclusive publishing (IPEd and Australian Publishers Association 2023) and Inclusive publishing in Australia: An introductory guide (AIPI 2019). Both guides are available for free download in a choice of formats.
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To attend in person
Please register on the Trybooking page by 3 pm on 28 August if you wish to attend in person. Registering helps us with catering. You are always welcome to attend in person if you haven’t registered.
Where:
The Durie Room
St Mark’s National Theological Centre
15 Blackall St (not Blackall Place)
Barton
See MAP.
When:
The room opens at 5:45 pm. The presentation begins at 6:30 pm.
Need to cancel?
Return your ticket directly into the TryBooking system to make it available for someone else and help us keep track of numbers. Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell or showing any symptoms of COVID-19, cold or flu.
Dinner
We plan to dine from 8pm at La Rustica by the Lake at Kingston Foreshore after the presentation. Please join us to continue the conservation and get to know your fellow editors better. Booking is essential so we can confirm bookings with the restaurant.
La Rustica by the Lake, Eastlake Pde,
Kingston Foreshore
To attend the webinar (via Zoom)
A link for the Zoom meeting will be supplied to all members by email. If you are not a member and wish to attend by Zoom, please send an email to the contact email address you will find on the About page and ask to be sent a link. Please do not pass on your link to other people.
The webinar audience can use Zoom’s Q&A functionality to ask questions or offer opinions. (You will not be able to see the presentation or participate in the Q&A if you attend by phone call.)
The webinar will not be recorded.
