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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Aug 6, 2016 8:40AM

In reading this over with my screen reader, it may seem terse...it is not meant to be...

I think the Tags are actually XML not HTML. I think HTML is a subset of XML?

Full disclosure...I am a Canadian delegate to ISO 14289 and also someone who uses adaptive technology.

I advocate for the adoption and implementation of ISO 14289 because I want to "ensure" as much as possible that PDF that I encounter are as accessible as they can be. I would think that an international standard specific to the PDF format would be something that we want, advocate for and insist upon. For my 2 cents, this is how we move the accessibility of the PDF format forward.

When someone asks me what I mean by an accessible PDF, I will always say it has to be ISO 14289 conforming. Period. The specifications are, well, specific to the PDF format.

I don't see this as being different from any standards related to video description, captioning or any other digital component of what we encounter.

Cheers, Karen