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Re: Accessible fillable form PDF - samples? testing methodology?

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From: chagnon
Date: Nov 11, 2020 3:07PM

There are 2 issues in your question:
1) What's required to make an accessible PDF Form, per the combination of
PDF/UA-1 and WCAG accessibility standards.
2) How well does NVDA (and other screen readers) recognize and process a
compliant PDF form.

For #1, there are 3 resources:
- Karen McCall's book on accessible PDF forms
(https://www.karlencommunications.com/products.htm).

- PubCom's online course in making accessible PDF forms
(https://www.pubcom.com/classes/508-classes.shtml#formsINDD). We'll have a
session in January-February, after the holidays. (Disclosure, PubCom is my
consulting and training firm.)

- Rob Haverty's (Adobe) seminars at Accessing Higher Ground (last year
https://accessinghigherground.org/introduction-to-accessible-pdf-documents-2
/)


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