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Re: Series of PDF/UA video tutorials

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From: Kelly Lupo
Date: Mar 21, 2016 1:49PM

First, absolutely awesome. :)

Quick notes:

- I might suggest noting that there was nothing you needed to do for the
horizontal line (if this was the case?), either because it was unimportant
in terms of information, etc.
- I also wasn't sure whether this was a picture or one of those
line-shapes that Word has. (Does anything need to be done with them in
either case?)
- I might also suggest explaining why you did *not* choose to check
"Create PDF/A-1a:2005 compliant file." I was curious myself as to why you
did not, so I imagine other beginner "newbs" may be as well. :)
- (Is it because PDF/UA is more strict or very different?)

Secondly, I would love your permission to share the videos with a class
that I will be taking next year (Assistive Technology in Postsecondary
Education - which basically focuses on AT from the perspective of
university centers for students with disabilities).

Thank you again for making these videos. While I am only about half-way
through the 3rd video so far (will have to finish later!), I found them to
be very helpful!

Kelly

On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 9:35 PM, Metzessible < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >