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Re: Series of PDF/UA video tutorials

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From: Metzessible
Date: Mar 20, 2016 7:35PM

Excellent idea. I appreciate your suggestions for improving the existing
descriptions. I'll totally do that.

Thanks!
Jon

On Sunday, March 20, 2016, Olaf Drümmer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> excellent content! Thanks very much for putting it together and sharing it.
>
> One suggestion: could you put the explanation about the videos - as
> provided below - into the channel description? This would make it easier
> for interested people to figure out what to expect.
>
> Other than that - keep ‘em coming!!!
>
> Olaf
>
>
> > On 20.03.2016, at 01:22, Jon Metz < <EMAIL REMOVED> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I just finished some initial videos for a series I'm starting on making
> a PDF/UA accessible PDF. This is actually the reason why I wasn't able to
> put anything together for #ACCESSIBEER this year. I was burning the candle
> at both ends!
> >
> > It seems like people can be confused about making PDFs accessible, and
> even more confused about what it takes to make a PDF ISO 14289 compliant,
> so I figured it might be helpful to provide some visual guidance on how to
> actually do it.
> >
> > This is my first time ever making a video, so I'm really sorry about the
> quality of the audio in the videos. Also, I need to format the captions on
> them a little better too. I'll fix those issues when I get a chance! You
> can check out the videos on Youtube here:
> https://youtu.be/BeFt-Qa3mjM?list=PLmfVOnJxeSEXsEKv2i20nYMHYuFEcl4fO
> >
> > If you want to follow along by using the files I used to do all this,
> you can feel free to download them here: http://bit.ly/mtzpdfua.
> >
> > The first video covers correctly formatting a Microsoft Word document so
> that it looks awesome as well as ensuring it looks the same on everyone
> else's computer. I would say the level of experience here would be beginner.
> >
> > The second video covers some core concepts surrounding tagging in PDF,
> including the nuances and frustrating aspects of using Adobe Acrobat
> Professional to do it.
> >
> > The third video shows how to take the Word document and turn it into an
> accessible PDF. This should be helpful if you don't necessarily need to (or
> can't) make something PDF/UA, but still need to make it accessible. In my
> opinion, this should be the litmus for what PDFs should look like when
> they're tagged for accessibility. This is probably a video for intermediate
> users, but if you're tagging PDFs now, you should be good to go.
> >
> > The fourth video covers the steps necessary to make a PDF ISO 14289
> compliant. The content is a bit advanced, but I strived to make it as
> understandable as possible. As always, if you don't understand something in
> here, please feel free to reach out to me to clarify anything.
> >
> > I didn't have a chance to finish it because of CSUN, but I will be
> uploading a video in a couple weeks about how to validate your PDF for
> PDF/UA using some free tools that are out there.
> >
> > In the future, I want to make some videos on how to take a scanned OCR
> document and make it PDF/UA, as well as how to make tables and complex
> tables accessible in PDF.
> >
> > I hope these tutorials will be useful for anybody that wants to take
> their PDFs to the next level. If you're at CSUN, feel free to reach out to
> let me know your comments.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jon Metz
> >
> >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > >