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From: Laura Roberts
Date: Mar 30, 2023 7:06AM

This thread reminds me of a recent encounter with another accessibility
specialist who is clearly experienced in WCAG and websites, but not so much
in PDF/UA documents. He has created a word template that he claims will
never need remediation after PDF conversion. Will it need less remediation?
Yes. Will it need none? Nope.

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 7:43 PM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I am simply talking about probability, because there is no certainty in
> what we do.
>
> A PDF that doesn't pass an automated PDF/UA check might be perfectly
> accessible, but probably isn't.
>
> A PDF that passes an automated PDF/UA check is probably more accessible
> than one that doesn't, but it might not be.
>
> A PDF that passes an automated PDF/UA check and a manual WCAG check and
> assistive technology testing is probably highly accessible, but it might
> not be to some people. Ideally, every PDF would be tested and remediated to
> this level, but it's not affordable and there aren't enough people with the
> skills to do it. It's inevitable that many documents will be tested and
> remediated to a lower level, but that's better than not doing anything at
> all.
>
> Steve
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