EPUB3 accessibility features

Enabling all learners to succeed in science, health, and technology

EPUB3 digital books allow readers to experience a fully accessible and user-friendly experience. Whether a person with a vision impairment needs high contrast and enlarged text adjustments or text-to-speech, our EPUB3 formats include a variety of features. Elsevier EPUB3 books are DRM-free and allow users to select their preferred reading application. EPUB3 versions are available for a variety of books via https://shop.elsevier.com

Accessibility and usability features

Epub3 Blindness accessibility Blindness/ Screen Reader

  • Links are operable using keyboard only
  • Chapter Navigation
  • Page Number Navigation
  • Full Text Search
  • Tables marked with headers
  • Text content is screen reader compatible

Epub3 accessibility low vision Low Vision

  • Full Text Search
  • Tables marked with headers
  • Content can be magnified without loss of functionality or wrapping
  • Text content uses WCAG 2.1 compliant contrast
  • Text content is screen reader compatible

Epub3_MobilityMobility/Keyboard- Only

  • Links are operable using keyboard only
  • Chapter Navigation
  • Page Number Navigation
  • Full Text Search

Epub3_Cognitive Cognitive (Dyslexia Non-native English)

  • Page number navigation
  • Full-text search
  • Tables marked with headers
  • Content text spacing and adjustable margins.
  • Text content screen reader compatible.

Epub3_Hearing_Impaired Hearing Impaired

  • Full Text Search

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Accessibility at Elsevier

Collaboration

Since 2011, Elsevier has led an accessibility and usability collaboration with several university leaders in assistive technology and web accessibility. Our collaboration group meets twice a month to apply accessibility best practices to ScienceDirect features to improve the overall usability and accessibility for all users, regardless of disability. Seven universities currently participate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of California, Berkeley; University of Texas; San Francisco State University; Indiana University; and Michigan State University. The results of the working group and the lessons learned have been featured at CSUN, the International Conference on Assistive Technology and Persons with Disabilities. Please contact accessibility@elsevier.com to join the accessibility collaboration.