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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Tue, Oct 12 2021 3:53AM
Subject: Creating a digital approach to paper forms
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I've had to sign a lot of digital forms recently and I have been
pleasantly surprised by the Docusign approach.
1. It does not require creating a loginor anything, just filling in
what you want your signature to look like (after cicking a special
URL)
2. The PDF document is displayed in a browser, you can scroll
it/explore it using a screen reader (if the document is properly tag
it works, at least in Chrome)
3. At the end of each page (or document) there is a "sign" button, all
you have to do is click it.
When done the PDF window closes and you're taken back to the landing
page with buttons to print/save.
Of course this only addresses one situation, where a form is already
filled in and all you have to do is to activate a signature button,
but for me this is still a gigantic leap from the days of
printing//signing/scanning that I have gotten used to (with sighted
assistance).
I'd rather be able to view these on my mobile device and use a
fingerprint to sign, but at least I'm seeing progress.
On 9/17/21, Steve Green < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Yesterday, David and I were discussing why so many forms are published as
> PDFs rather than web pages, and the difficulty in fixing this for both the
> huge number of existing forms as well as all the new ones.
>
> Today, the Ministry of Justice published a very good blog on how they have
> begun to address this issue. Since this is just one small government
> department, it gives you an idea of the scale of the issue across the whole
> of the public sector.
>
> The MOJ have a roadmap, but you can see that it will take years to
> implement, just for forms, let alone all the other content that is published
> as PDF. The good news is that we're going to be doing document remediation
> for a long time!
>
> Steve
>
>
> From: GOV.UK blogs < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Sent: 17 September 2021 11:12
> To: Steve Green < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: Creating a digital approach to paper forms
>
> A new post, "Creating a digital approach to paper forms" has just been
> published on the MOJ Digital & Technology blog. In the age of digital first,
> the use of paper forms is a problem. These forms are often designed to be
> printed out and filled in by hâ¦
> [https://static.notifications.service.gov.uk/images/gov.uk_logotype_crown.png]
> GOV.UK
>
>
>
>
> A new post, "Creating a digital approach to paper forms" has just been
> published on the MOJ Digital & Technology blog.
>
> In the age of digital first, the use of paper forms is a problem. These
> forms are often designed to be printed out and filled in by hand, not
> completed on a screen. When we make them available on GOV.âUK â¦
>
> Read the new post:
> https://mojdigital.blog.gov.uk/2021/09/17/creating-a-digital-approach-to-paper-forms/
>
> >
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From: Steve Green
Date: Tue, Oct 12 2021 4:55AM
Subject: Re: Creating a digital approach to paper forms
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I just realised that Birkir has replied to an email that was supposed to be internal, but I accidentally sent it to this forum. My apologies.
Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd
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From: WebAIM-Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Sent: 12 October 2021 10:54
To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Creating a digital approach to paper forms
I've had to sign a lot of digital forms recently and I have been pleasantly surprised by the Docusign approach.
1. It does not require creating a loginor anything, just filling in what you want your signature to look like (after cicking a special
URL)
2. The PDF document is displayed in a browser, you can scroll it/explore it using a screen reader (if the document is properly tag it works, at least in Chrome) 3. At the end of each page (or document) there is a "sign" button, all you have to do is click it.
When done the PDF window closes and you're taken back to the landing page with buttons to print/save.
Of course this only addresses one situation, where a form is already filled in and all you have to do is to activate a signature button, but for me this is still a gigantic leap from the days of printing//signing/scanning that I have gotten used to (with sighted assistance).
I'd rather be able to view these on my mobile device and use a fingerprint to sign, but at least I'm seeing progress.
On 9/17/21, Steve Green < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Yesterday, David and I were discussing why so many forms are published
> as PDFs rather than web pages, and the difficulty in fixing this for
> both the huge number of existing forms as well as all the new ones.
>
> Today, the Ministry of Justice published a very good blog on how they
> have begun to address this issue. Since this is just one small
> government department, it gives you an idea of the scale of the issue
> across the whole of the public sector.
>
> The MOJ have a roadmap, but you can see that it will take years to
> implement, just for forms, let alone all the other content that is
> published as PDF. The good news is that we're going to be doing
> document remediation for a long time!
>
> Steve
>
>
> From: GOV.UK blogs < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Sent: 17 September 2021 11:12
> To: Steve Green < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: Creating a digital approach to paper forms
>
> A new post, "Creating a digital approach to paper forms" has just been
> published on the MOJ Digital & Technology blog. In the age of digital
> first, the use of paper forms is a problem. These forms are often
> designed to be printed out and filled in by hâ¦
> [https://static.notifications.service.gov.uk/images/gov.uk_logotype_cr
> own.png]
> GOV.UK
>
>
>
>
> A new post, "Creating a digital approach to paper forms" has just been
> published on the MOJ Digital & Technology blog.
>
> In the age of digital first, the use of paper forms is a problem.
> These forms are often designed to be printed out and filled in by
> hand, not completed on a screen. When we make them available on
> GOV.âUK â¦
>
> Read the new post:
> https://mojdigital.blog.gov.uk/2021/09/17/creating-a-digital-approach-
> to-paper-forms/
>
> >
> You're getting this email because you subscribed to updates from the
> MOJ Digital & Technology blog.
>
> Unsubscribe from the MOJ Digital & Technology
> blog<https://mojdigital.blog.gov.uk/subscribe/?subscriber=sean.normoyle%40testpartners.co.uk>.
>
>
> Test lab accessibility information
> > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> >
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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Tue, Oct 12 2021 5:00AM
Subject: Re: Creating a digital approach to paper forms
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Lol, sorry Steve
It was an awfully useful article ;)
That marks the end of this thread.
On 10/12/21, Steve Green < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> I just realised that Birkir has replied to an email that was supposed to be
> internal, but I accidentally sent it to this forum. My apologies.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > On Behalf Of
> Birkir R. Gunnarsson
> Sent: 12 October 2021 10:54
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Creating a digital approach to paper forms
>
> I've had to sign a lot of digital forms recently and I have been pleasantly
> surprised by the Docusign approach.
> 1. It does not require creating a loginor anything, just filling in what you
> want your signature to look like (after cicking a special
> URL)
> 2. The PDF document is displayed in a browser, you can scroll it/explore it
> using a screen reader (if the document is properly tag it works, at least in
> Chrome) 3. At the end of each page (or document) there is a "sign" button,
> all you have to do is click it.
>
> When done the PDF window closes and you're taken back to the landing page
> with buttons to print/save.
> Of course this only addresses one situation, where a form is already filled
> in and all you have to do is to activate a signature button, but for me this
> is still a gigantic leap from the days of printing//signing/scanning that I
> have gotten used to (with sighted assistance).
> I'd rather be able to view these on my mobile device and use a fingerprint
> to sign, but at least I'm seeing progress.
>
>
> On 9/17/21, Steve Green < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>> Yesterday, David and I were discussing why so many forms are published
>> as PDFs rather than web pages, and the difficulty in fixing this for
>> both the huge number of existing forms as well as all the new ones.
>>
>> Today, the Ministry of Justice published a very good blog on how they
>> have begun to address this issue. Since this is just one small
>> government department, it gives you an idea of the scale of the issue
>> across the whole of the public sector.
>>
>> The MOJ have a roadmap, but you can see that it will take years to
>> implement, just for forms, let alone all the other content that is
>> published as PDF. The good news is that we're going to be doing
>> document remediation for a long time!
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> From: GOV.UK blogs < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>> Sent: 17 September 2021 11:12
>> To: Steve Green < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>> Subject: Creating a digital approach to paper forms
>>
>> A new post, "Creating a digital approach to paper forms" has just been
>> published on the MOJ Digital & Technology blog. In the age of digital
>> first, the use of paper forms is a problem. These forms are often
>> designed to be printed out and filled in by hâ¦
>> [https://static.notifications.service.gov.uk/images/gov.uk_logotype_cr
>> own.png]
>> GOV.UK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> A new post, "Creating a digital approach to paper forms" has just been
>> published on the MOJ Digital & Technology blog.
>>
>> In the age of digital first, the use of paper forms is a problem.
>> These forms are often designed to be printed out and filled in by
>> hand, not completed on a screen. When we make them available on
>> GOV.âUK â¦
>>
>> Read the new post:
>> https://mojdigital.blog.gov.uk/2021/09/17/creating-a-digital-approach-
>> to-paper-forms/
>>
>> >>
>> You're getting this email because you subscribed to updates from the
>> MOJ Digital & Technology blog.
>>
>> Unsubscribe from the MOJ Digital & Technology
>> blog<https://mojdigital.blog.gov.uk/subscribe/?subscriber=sean.normoyle%40testpartners.co.uk>.
>>
>>
>> Test lab accessibility information
>> >> >> archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
>> >>
>
>
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