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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Nov 11, 2019 12:18PM

Duff:

Yes, I was looking for a way, not to ad your e-mail to the post, to have people contact you. I couldn't find anything called "Contacts." Or "Contact Us."

The Nuance update was not on my radar, but nice to know it will be updated.

Kofax does have all of our serial numbers and contact information if you've purchased Nuance PowerPDF Advanced, but you have to pro actively call them to ask about updates. Their response is to monitor the website to see if there are updates or upgrades. Not very user friendly given the amount of $$$$ involved.

Duff, can you keep us posted on any progress you or the PDF Association is making regarding continued support for tagged PDF by PowerPDF Advanced? Can I presume that the PDF Association is also working with Foxit for Business to ensure that their entry into tagged PDF will evolve and continue?

Cheers, Karen

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.