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Re: Nuance PowerPDF Advanced is now Kofax PowerPDF Advanced

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Nov 11, 2019 11:05AM

Hi Karen,

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> I think we also need to ask Duff Johnson of the PDF Association to contact
> Kofax and guide them through the understanding of ISO 32000 chapter 14 and
> ISO 14289 and how important a client base those of us with disabilities
> are.not to mention the legislation around accessible digital content.

Thanks for the shout-out! I hear ya!

> Sigh, I just went to the PDF Association website and there is no contact
> area!

Nuance's listing hasn't yet been updated, that's true (it takes a while)… or did you mean PDF Association contacts <https://www.pdfa.org/local-contacts/>?

> Also, there are parts of the website that do not follow WCAG for
> accessibility as some of the images still have their graphic filename. Sigh.

We are working our way through the images… but I thank you for the kick. If there's a decent WordPress plugin to help with finding missing alt. text I'd love to know about it. :-/

> I think we need to be quite proactive if we want tagged PDF to evolve and
> have more options as tools for tagging.

Always… and thank you, as ever, for your efforts in pushing the industry forwards!

Duff.