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Re: Acrobat Accessibility Check vs. PAC 3.0?

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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Aug 16, 2018 7:24AM

The CommonLook PDF Validator is free for everyone for unlimited use, even though I says "trial" on the webpage. I've used it quite successfully over the years as a plug-in to Acrobat DC without many issues. It checks PDFs to WCAG, 508, HHS, and PDF/UA standards. I have had great response from their tech support which is unusual seeing as it's a free product. They use it as advertising for their expensive paid product, PDF GlobalAccess, which will help remediate the PDF once errors are found.

Please contact me directly for any further questions.


Joseph Sherman
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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of L Snider
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 7:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Acrobat Accessibility Check vs. PAC 3.0?

Yes, it is free. I tried it out about 8-10 months ago...My computer kept crashing and they said they would look into the issue. It may have been my computer at the time, but they had seen that issue before. I never had a chance to test it out, so I would be curious to know how others found the free version, as many get it to work without issue.

Cheers

Lisa



On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:42 PM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Some people have also received notices that CommonLook Global Access
> can't be used for commercial purposes, such as by those who sell
> remediation services.
>
> But I heard that CommonLook Validator was free.
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Acrobat Accessibility Check vs. PAC 3.0?
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> Regarding CommonLook PDF Validator: I filled in the form on the
> website, got an email asking if I've received a download link (I
> haven't) and what I was going to use the software for, duly answered
> and received this as a final
> response: "currently we are not authorized to sell CommonLook outside
> of North America and Australia".
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