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Making Web Content Accessible: PDF Files

Making Web Content Accessible: PDF Files. Greg Pisocky, NetCentric Technologies International Summit on Accessibility 2014, Ottawa, Ontario, CA Ottawa Convention Centre, July 13, 2014. The PDF Accessibility Headache. You Want to Do the Right Thing and Address accessibility issues

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Making Web Content Accessible: PDF Files

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  1. Making Web Content Accessible: PDF Files Greg Pisocky, NetCentric Technologies International Summit on Accessibility 2014, Ottawa, Ontario, CA Ottawa Convention Centre, July 13, 2014

  2. The PDF Accessibility Headache • You Want to Do the Right Thing and Address accessibility issues • You Have to Do the Right Thing and Comply with Regulatory and Legal Mandates • You Need to Remediate a Large Quantity of PDF files

  3. You Want to Do the Right Thing • You Genuinely Care About Being Inclusive • You Know You Need to Do Something… • But What? • And How?

  4. You Have to Do the Right Thing • Laws, Regulations, Ordinances, Standards, Mandates, etc. • Canadian Human Rights Act • Ontarians with Disabilities Act • Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) • Australian Disability Discrimination Act • WCAG 2.0

  5. Achieving PDF Accessibility is a Challenge PDF Accessibility is Complicated The Task Can Be Overwhelming

  6. Strategy 1 for Coping with PDF Accessibility

  7. Strategy 2 for Coping with PDF Accessibility Abandon Graphic Design Keep Content Barebones Simple

  8. But That Would Mean Foregoing PDFs Many Advantages • Easy to create • PDF is reliable, maintains fidelity across platforms (Portable) • PDF is difficult to alter • PDF can be secured, stamped, annotated, redacted, digitally signed…… • PDFs Have Legal Standing • and of course, PDF can be made accessible!

  9. PDFs Are NOT Going Away

  10. Interest in PDF Remains Strong and Continues to Grow Over Time

  11. The Good News Is Those Strategies Are Not Necessary

  12. Some of the Many Ways to Make Accessible PDFs Tools That Create Tagged PDF Tools That Verify PDF Accessibility Acrobat Acrobat Accessibility Checker On Windows and MacOS CommonLook PDF Global Access Plug In For Adobe Acrobat on Windows PDF Accessibility Checker 2 Independently Runs on Windows • Adobe FrameMaker • Adobe InDesign • Apache OpenOffice • Microsoft Office • OCR for PDF • Abby Fine Reader • Adobe Acrobat • Kurzweil

  13. Extensive Support Network for Accessible PDFs A Host of Assistive Technology, User Agents, and Standards Works with PDF Adobe Reader ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) JAWS for Windows Keyboard Navigation Kurzweil NVDA “Read Out Loud” Refreshable Braille Displays Window Eyes WCAG 2.0 Techniques ZoomText

  14. When it Comes to Accessible PDF Take the Time, Make the Effort Use the Proper Tools Learn the Proper Techniques

  15. You and Your Audience Will Appreciate the Results

  16. Learn More • Come to the NetCentric Technologies Exhibit Hall Booth #107 • Visit NetCentric Technologies on the Web www.commonlook.com • Email me Greg Pisocky gpisocky@commonlook.com

  17. Questions

  18. I’d Like to Thank You

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