Hachette UK signs the Publishing Accessibility Action Group charter

We’re thrilled to share that we have signed the Publishing Accessibility Action Group charter (https://www.paag.uk/), a community of volunteers from across the publishing industry who are passionate about making content accessible to all.

Disability inclusion is a key priority for us and we’re looking forward to working with this fantastic group to further improve the accessibility of our digital content.

Our objective is to make our content accessible to all and to aid others in this endeavour and, as part of this, we are committing to:

1. raising awareness among, and providing training for, relevant staff.
2. nominating a company “accessibility champion” who can bring together key stakeholders to discuss potential accessibility improvements and act as a liaison for all accessibility information.
3. publishing our accessibility policy on our website, including our commitment to this Charter.
4. designating and publicising a point of contact in our organisation to assist persons with disabilities to access alternate formats of our content.
5. partnering with national and international organisations that provide support for the availability of publications in accessible formats.
6. incorporating appropriate accessibility features within our digital publications and platforms, according to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and other appropriate accessibility standards.
7. advocating for accessibility standards and collaboration throughout the publishing supply chain from author to reader.
8. utilising the accessibility metadata opportunities available to aid with the discovery of accessible content.
9. testing and validating content to ensure it is usable by people with print disabilities. Ideally this would include testing by persons with lived experience.
10. monitoring our progress in this area and regularly assessing the accessibility of our digital publications and platforms.

Our Accessibility Network said: “We’re delighted that we have signed the PAAG charter and extended our commitment to accessible content in this way. We are looking forward to working with the group to establish key priorities for Hachette so that we can ensure our content is as accessible as possible.”

You can find out more about our commitment to the PAAG Charter here.

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