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Re: PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) vs. Adobe Acrobat ProXI full check

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From: Lynn Wehrman
Date: Apr 3, 2014 12:05PM

From the standpoint of our testers who live with sight-related disabilities, we're finding that properly structured PDF's don't create significant accessibility issues anymore. There used to be a time when the technology that most nonvisual users could afford wasn't keeping up with PDFs, even those that were structured for access, but that is changing as more affordable technology, and savvier users emerge.

The neat trick for the future is going to be getting PDF's structured for access but the tech you're discussing on this thread is part of making that a viable reality.