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From: Ramshif Richu
Date: Sep 27, 2019 7:31AM

Thanks for the reply. But I am trying to understand in a testing
perspective, I assume there would be certain things which we shouldn't test
or avoid when testing PDF Accessibility, I would like to know what are
those areas, kind of limitations and or things that should be avoided when
testing PDF Accessibility.

Thanks.

On Fri, 27 Sep 2019, 6:41 pm , < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> For starters, PDF accessibility is defined by the ISO 14289-1 (PDF/UA-1)
> standards so a review of them would be essential.
>
> As yet, there isn't an official how-to guide from the PDF/UA committee (or
> any other authoritative entity) on the steps to make a PDF accessible or
> how
> to check a PDF for compliance or what to check.
>
> However, the PDF Association released a syntax guide that can be helpful.
> It's designed for programmers who write software that creates PDFs, not for
> content creators and remediators, but if you glean through the programming
> blah blah you'll find quite a bit of useful information on how a complaint
> PDF should be tagged.
>
> Download a copy from the PDF Association's website,
> https://www.pdfa.org/resource/tagged-pdf-best-practice-guide-syntax/
>
> We have a 12-point checklist for content creators and remediators to check
> the major accessibility points of PDFs at
> https://www.pubcom.com/books/bevi_cheatsheet/cheatsheet-accessdocs.shtml
> There are many more nuances involved, but these are the big ones.
>
> HHS has a good checklist at
>
> https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/checklist/pdf/in
> dex.html
> <https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/checklist/pdf/index.html>
>
> --Bevi Chagnon
> (US delegate to the PDF/UA ISO standards committee and member of the PDF
> Association)
>
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