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9 Facts About Accessible PDF

Pos ted on March 17, 2011 by Mary A nne in Compliance, T alking PDF, Us er A cces s ibility

Befor e div in g in t o PDF a ccessibilit y a n d Sect ion 5 0 8 com plia n ce, w ed lik e t o in t r odu ce y ou t o a few ba sic fa ct s. Y ou ll h ea r t h ese a g a in a s y ou lea r n m or e a bou t w h a t it t a k es t o m a k e PDFs com ply w it h Sect ion 5 0 8 , bu t if y ou w a n t a FA ST ov er v iew t o g et y ou st a r t ed, t h is is it . 1 . A lm ost a n y PDF file ca n be m a de t o deliv er h ig h -qu a lit y r ea din g a n d n a v ig a t ion r esu lt s t o t a g s-a w a r e A ssist iv e T ech n olog y (A T ) u ser s in fu ll com plia n ce w it h t h e let t er a n d t h e spir it of Sect ion 5 08. 2 . PDFs ca n a n d m u st com ply w it h Sect ion 5 0 8 ev er y bit a s m u ch a s t h e HT ML or a n y ot h er k in d of pa g es t h a t lin k t o t h em . 3 . Sect ion 5 0 8 a pplies t o bot h Feder a l g ov er n m en t a g en cies A ND Feder a l con t r a ct or s. St a t e a n d loca l g ov er n m en t s a r e a lso a dopt in g sim ila r m ea su r es. 4 . Sect ion 5 0 8 com plia n ce is m ost ea sily a ch iev ed w h en PDF docu m en t s a r e a u t h or ed pr oper ly (ie, in a n a ccessible fa sh ion ). Cor r ect ion of su b-st a n da r d or n on -ex ist en t log ica l st r u ct u r es a ft er t h e a u t h or is fin ish ed r a dica lly in cr ea ses t h e difficu lt y of a ch iev in g com plia n ce. 5 . A lt er n a t e t ex t for is r equ ir ed for im a g es. 6 . A dobe A cr oba t s A dd T a g s t o Docu m en t fea t u r e ca n n ot en su r e cor r ect r ea din g or der , a dd a lt er n a t e t ex t t o g r a ph ics or v a lida t e t a ble st r u ct u r e, a m on g ot h er lim it a t ion s. 7 . A dobe A cr oba t s A ccessibilit y Ch eck er ca n n ot v er ify com plia n ce w it h Sect ion 5 0 8 , sin ce a m on g ot h er lim it a t ion s, it is in ca pa ble of v er ify in g cor r ect log ica l r ea din g or der . 8 . A dobe A cr oba t s Rea d Ou t Lou d fea t u r e ca n n ot be u sed t o v er ify com plia n ce w it h Sect ion 5 0 8 sin ce it ca n n ot r epr esen t t h e docu m en t s log ica l st r u ct u r e (t a g s). Rea d It Sou n ded Lik e a Good Idea a t t h e T im e t o lea r n m or e. 9 . Con v en t ion a l PDF for m s (a cr ofor m s) a n d som e Desig n er /X FA for m s ca n bot h com ply w it h Sect ion 5 0 8 . How ev er on ly con v en t ion a l A cr oba t for m s ca n u t ilize ex ist in g docu m en t st r u ct u r es pr ov ided by ex t er n a l a u t h or in g a pplica t ion s, w h ile X FA for m s m u st be st a t ic t o com ply . Rea d Ch oosin g Bet w een PDF a n d Desig n er /X FA For m s t o lea r n m or e. Got qu est ion s a bou t PDF a n d Sect ion 5 0 8 , or n eed som e h elp w it h y ou r ow n files? Con t a ct u s t o lea r n a bou t ou r Sect ion 5 0 8 ser v ices for PDF. A ssist iv e T ech n olog y , PDF T a g s, Sect ion 5 0 8 , Un iv er sa l A ccessibilit y

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