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Re: How does Section 508 apply to documents?

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From: Steve Green
Date: Apr 1, 2021 9:30AM

Thanks for the suggestion, Alexis. Given the relatively poor state of accessibility in PowerPoint and the fact that I don't yet know what types of content the client plans to create, it may be that a fully remediated PDF might be the only way to meet the required standard. PDF/UA would only get us part of the way there though - WCAG adds a lot more requirements, but we're ok with that.

Steve


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Sent: 01 April 2021 16:21
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] How does Section 508 apply to documents?

One concrete way to implement WCAG when dealing with documents is to produce a PDF/UA compliant PDF from the presentation.

One workflow could be to first use the built-in PowerPoint accessibility checker, then export to PDF and review their remaining accessibility criteria. After that PAC3 can be used to test against PDF/UA which Adobe's preflight utility can be used to remediate.

Links:
https://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20140408/pdf.html

https://www.access-for-all.ch/en/pdf-accessibility-checker.html?device
https://taggedpdf.com/508-pdf-help-center/

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> On Apr 1, 2021, at 7:54 AM, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> A potential client has created a PowerPoint file that will be given to participants in a training course. They have asked for a quotation for fixing the document to comply with WCAG and Section 508 and for providing a VPAT.
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> The WCAG part is straightforward - we test and remediate documents all the time. However, it is not clear to me how Section 508 would apply to a document. I know that Section 508 incorporates WCAG 2.0, so that is a subset of what we are already planning to do. But does Section 508 have any additional requirements for documents?
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> Obviously we would prefer to do all the work ourselves if we have the skills, but I am open to partnering with someone if we don't. The client wants the proposal by the end of today (US time), so please get in touch asap if you can help in any way.
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