We are happy to announce that Orca has over 500 accessible ebooks available from our existing book list!
All new books published by Orca are “born accessible” which means building accessible ebooks starts at the beginning of the book’s creation. Our goal is to reach more readers, wherever they are at, with whatever format they need or want. Accessibility in the broader sense has always been a part of our mandate and this is the latest effort we are making to ensure young readers have every opportunity to read.
These accessible ebooks enrich the reading experience for children and teens who are blind, have low vision or are colour blind, have difficulty holding books or turning pages, are neurodivergent or have dyslexia.
Orca’s new accessible ebooks allow readers to:
- – Understand the content of images, graphics, and photos through detailed descriptions of images
- – Navigate the text in multiple ways using the table of contents, hierarchical titles and enhanced wayfinding structures
- – Use page lists to match page numbers to print editions
- – Reach the chosen part of the text using the index and start reading from the desired page
- – Identify and read bulleted and numbered lists
- – Customize text and layout including background colour
- – Screen reader and text-to-speech friendly
- – Behind the scenes, digital data includes information that allows libraries and online retailers to understand the accessibility features of a book
See Orca’s full list of accessible ebooks on our website.