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Re: Are PDF forms accessible on Mac?

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Apr 17, 2012 9:46AM

Hi Susan, thanks for the tip! I tried the Read Out Loud feature on a DARS Form which I know are accessible ;) and to my surprise if you first turn on read out loud then tab through the form it actually works just like in Windows w/ NVDA or JAWS. It even reads the hidden form fields ya'll use for info text. And I can use VO+M to get into the menu bar and activate the read out loud feature using VoiceOver. You should consider including this info on HHS website's PDF accessibility help sections!

Strangely though when trying read out loud on non-form documents with text only, images, and tables it did not work at all really. At least accessible forms work! That's something :)

Now I wonder if it's possible to fill out PDF forms on an iPhone or iPad!

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
Deque Systems
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www.PaulJAdam.com
@pauljadam on Twitter

On Apr 17, 2012, at 10:20 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I have not tried reading PDFs with VoiceOver but have successfully used the Read Out Loud feature in Adobe Reader on a Mac.
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> Susan Payne
> Accessibility Specialist
> DARS, Center for Policy and External Relations
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> (512) 377-0366
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul J. Adam [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 3:33 PM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Are PDF forms accessible on Mac?
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> I'm wondering if anyone on this list has any experience with or knows if PDF forms on the Mac are accessible? Can they be filled out by someone who is blind using VoiceOver?
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