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

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From: Christine Hogenkamp
Date: Nov 12, 2020 2:37PM

Thanks so much for the links, Bevi - you summed up my two questions
perfectly. I will check out the resources you provided!

Also waving hello because I literally just sat through your Alt Text
webinar, which was fantastic and super-helpful! I will be passing on the
companion webinar PDF to my team for us to discuss, it was especially great
hearing someone give suggestions about how to do alt text for complex
elements like graphs which we have struggled with in the past.

You are such a busy, helpful person with all this information at your
fingertips! An absolute treasure :D

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> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:07:27 -0500
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessible fillable form PDF - samples? testing
> methodology?
> 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.
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> For #1, there are 3 resources:
> - Karen McCall's book on accessible PDF forms
> (https://www.karlencommunications.com/products.htm).
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> - 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
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> https://accessinghigherground.org/introduction-to-accessible-pdf-documents-2
> /)
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