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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Aug 5, 2016 8:04AM

> I'm being asked to what guidelines PDF's should comply in order to ensure they are accessible.

PDFs are considered web content and can be made generally accessible by following WCAG 2 A/AA. There are numerous WCAG 2 techniques for PDFs https://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20140408/pdf.html

Despite what others may say, most accessibility laws do not prescribe PDF/UA must be used to provide accessible PDF -- WCAG 2 can be used to make accessible documents .

Jonathan

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Subject: [WebAIM] accessibility guidelines/normative for PDF?

Hi all,
I'm being asked to what guidelines PDF's should comply in order to ensure they are accessible. Specifically, someone is asking if ISO 14289-1:2014<http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumberd599&;ICS15&ICS2$0&ICS30> is the only relevant guideline or if there's more. Could anyone please advise?

Thank you!
Maya