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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Aug 5, 2016 11:13AM

PDF/UA is more efficient, not just to implement, but to understand.

Although all the requirements for accessible PDFs are in WCAG, it takes knowledge and time to figure out which 20+ WCAG guidelines affect PDFs.

In a way, WCAG is overkill for PDFs and is difficult to interpret by most non-expert users, too.

PDF/UA was developed by Acrobat experts who have been a part of PDF development for decades. The PDF/UA guidelines "harmonize" with WCAG -- that is, they match the concepts and goals of WCAG, sometimes point by point -- but PDF/UA tweaks the language and usage specifically for PDFs, not web content.

Summary: if you read PDF/UA, you can pretty much figure out what's needed in the PDF for accessibility.

--Bevi Chagnon

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