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Re: How does Section 508 apply to documents?

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From: Colleen Gratzer
Date: Apr 1, 2021 10:03AM

That's what I would recommend too.

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On 4/1/21 11:21 AM, Alexis Delevett wrote:
> One concrete way to implement WCAG when dealing with documents is to produce a PDF/UA compliant PDF from the presentation.
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> 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.
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> Links:
> https://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20140408/pdf.html
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> https://www.access-for-all.ch/en/pdf-accessibility-checker.html?device>
> https://taggedpdf.com/508-pdf-help-center/
>