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Re: Accessible bi-lingual forms using Adobe live-cycle designer is this possible?

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From: Joe Humbert (A11y)
Date: Sep 14, 2020 8:39PM

Hi David,

I'm not sure how this could be done in LiveCycle Designer, but individual
tags can be associated with different languages similar to the lang
attribute in HTML. So similar to HTML you can set the primary language for
the document and then set individual PDF tags have the correct language
(French). The screen reader will automatically switch languages if it
supports both

Either you could just include multiple versions of the form in the different
languages one after the other (Like a product manual that has multiple
languages).

Or you could include the English on the top and the French translation for
each piece of text underneath it (or vice versa) to not double the number of
pages.

Thankx,
Joe Humbert
Accessibility Champion
Android & iOS Accessibility Novice

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Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible bi-lingual forms using Adobe live-cycle
designer is this possible?

Good morning everyone;

Currently, we provide both English and French versions of our PDF forms.
These are designed using Adobe LiveCycle designer.
One of our clients is requesting that we provide a bi-lingual version of a
form due to the fact that it will need to be referenced by several people
who will need to approve the form and provide the necessary signatures.
I am not sure if this is possible.

My preference would be to provide the user the ability to select the
language using a button or link on the form. I know that dynamic forms are
not accessible so I am wondering if this can be done without creating a
dynamic form. Given that the same form may be accessed by several people
who may use either English or French when providing signatures to facilitate
the approval process. I am wondering if this is even possible.

Thanks as always for any suggestions.
David Farough
Application Accessibility Co-ordinator,
Corporate IT Management
Public Service Commission of Canada/ Government of Canada
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