Book Review: Accessible Communications by Lisa Riemers and Matisse Hamel-Nelis ★★★★★

My mate Lisa has written a book! Along with her pal Matisse, she takes us through the practicalities of publishing communications which are accessible to all. This isn't just about the theory - it takes us across multiple legal jurisdictions, ethical frameworks, and business cases. Once it is done convincing you of the necessity of the work, it begins to explain how to actually create useful and accessible comms. Some stuff you may have heard before. Everyone knows to add alt text, right? But this goes in for a slightly deeper dive, explaining how different publishing tools expose it, how to get the most out of it, and where it can all go wrong. Usually books like this focus only on HTML. That's great - but there is a world outside the Web. So this goes through the steps to make PDFs accessible (a necessary evil!) and other tools which comms professionals may be regularly using. It also doesn't just focus on the US hegemony. Instead there are statistics and case studies from dozens of…