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From: Ramshif Richu
Date: Sep 27, 2019 8:15AM

Thanks. As a tester I felt as I should know if there are any limitations to
PDF Accessibility and was curious. Hoping that the technology that we have
right now will solve all the issues related to PDF Accessibility. I
appreciate your time and effort. Thanks again

On Fri, 27 Sep 2019, 7:41 pm , < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> R. Richu wrote: " I assume there would be certain things which we shouldn't
> test or avoid when testing PDF Accessibility, "
>
> I don't understand why anyone would assume that!
> Why would you think there's something that should be avoided or not tested
> in any format...HTML, PDF, EPUB, Word?
>
> The concept of accessibility is that the entire file is fully accessible to
> everyone, regardless of which technology they use or whether they have a
> disability or not.
>
> Again, read the resources in the previous post.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Ramshif Richu
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2019 9:31 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Thoughts on PDF Accessibility
>
> 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.sht
> > ml 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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> > training . development . design . sec. 508 services Upcoming classes
> > at www.PubCom.com/classes
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> > Ramshif Richu
> > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:50 AM
> > To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > Subject: [WebAIM] Thoughts on PDF Accessibility
> >
> > Hi all, was just wondering when going through PDF accessibility..
> > there has been so many ways and techniques that should make the PDF
> > accessible, as a newbie, would like to know what not to test when
> > testing PDF accessibility? anyone has any thoughts on 'What's not to
> > test when testing PDF documents'.
> > Any though will be appreciated.
> >
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