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US states cut home health services for seniors (Recommended Reading, 7/17/11)

Read the Associated Press article here, 7/17/11

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Accessible PDF

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Lots of folk have spent time and effort bringing their web site content up to current accessibility standards, but due to an oversight, some may be inaccurately claiming that their site is fully conformant to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0).

We all know that WCAG 2.0 is technology neutral, but not everyone has understood that the guidelines require that PDF and any other downloadable content available from a page needs to be as accessible as the web page itself.

This post is the first in a series of hints and tips on making your PDF files accessible, or better still, on creating PDF that have accessibility built in from the outset.

What makes PDF accessible?

In short, PDF need to be tagged to be accessible. This means that the file has been created or repaired using an application that is capable of tagging. It also means of course, that the author has applied the right tags. Without these the file can't have the structure needed to support accessibility for screen reader users.

As Adobe Acrobat is probably the best known application capable of applying and correcting tags in PDF, this series will refer to techniques using Adobe Acrobat. The newest version is likely to give you better results.

First steps to accessibility

Tagging is vital, but even before it, there are two important things to check and correct at the document level, (rather like in the head of an HTML file, these are:

• Define the base human language for the document as a whole;
• Ensure that security settings don't prevent screen reader access.

If either of these has been set incorrectly, the tagging may not be much help. The screen reader might be unable to use the right language   pronunciation rules to make the text understandable, or if security settings deny access, then no text would be exposed to screen readers at all.

What to do

With your file open in Adobe Acrobat:

1. Go to Document Properties, (shortcut; Ctrl + D);
2. In the Advanced tab, select the correct Language for the document.
3. In the Security tab, ensure that Content copying for accessibility and Content copying are both enabled, regardless of other security settings.

That's all. Save your file.

More information

This series will continue, giving tips and tricks for avoiding problems, as well as suggesting the best way to tag your PDF files.

In a rush to know? Book onto our training course Making PDF Accessible, a full-day workshop demonstrating both the issues and the solutions.

Category: PDF accessibility

Published: 21/04/2011 15:00

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Useful publication: Social Security for people living with HIV/AIDS (Recommended Reading)

Read the PDF report from Social Security Office or in Spanish or as an MP3, 

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A man and his guide dog -- a 9/11 survival story (Recommended Reading, 9/12/11)

Read the Mercury News article here, 9/12/11

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Bye bye, Accessify

Well, it’s been a whole year since my last post on this site and the one previous to that was in the middle of 2009, in which I was pondering what to do with this site. Not exactly been prolific, have I? That’s gotta tell me something … Now that it’s a new year and [...]

Source: http://accessify.com/news/2011/01/bye-bye-accessify/

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Hello, Adobe Edge!

On 1st August, Adobe unveiled Edge, a preview of a product that does non-Flash animation. The magazine .net asked for my reaction, and I gave them an edited version of these notes below. You shouldn’t take this as any official Opera position, by the way. I think it’s a good move from Adobe, and one [...]

Source: http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2011/hello-adobe-edge/

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Learning How to Test with Screen Readers

Although accessibility checklists are important, testing for web accessibility requires more than that. Some testing requires tasks which can only be done by a human including testing with a screen reader. It's best for a regular screen reader user to do the testing, but it's also good for a developer or designer to do at least the basics (there was a big discussion on this last fall in Should Sighted Developers Use Screenreaders To Test Accessibility?).

Here are some good articles to help learn how to use a screen reader to test for web accessibility:

• Using NVDA to Evaluate Web Accessibility (WebAIM)
• Using JAWS to Evaluate Web Accessibility (WebAIM)
• Setting up a screen reader test environment (by Henny Swan)
• Easy Accessibility Testing with the NVDA Screen Reader (Yahoo)
• How to use NVDA and Firefox to test your web pages for accessibility (Marco Zehe)
• Establishing a screen reader test plan (by Henny Swan on spotlessinteractive.com)
• Testing with Screen Readers: Questions and Answers (WebAIM)

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Workers With Disabilities Can Help Our Economy Grow (Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh)

Workers With Disabilities Can Help Our Economy Grow PR Newswire Profit By Investing In Employees with Disabilities ROCKVILLE, Md. , Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Slow economic growth means businesses, government and nonprofit organizations have to innovate to compete in a global economy. Communities need productive employees who will use their talent and creativity to...

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