Tag Archives: accessible

PDFlib

PDFlib is the leading developer toolbox for generating and manipulating files in the Portable Document Format (PDF). [...]

PDFlib+PDI

PDFlib+PDI includes all PDFlib functions, plus the PDF Import Library (PDI).
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New Accessibility Guide for Acrobat XI

Adobe has posted a new accessibility guide for Adobe Acrobat XI. It contains an overview on accessible viewing, guidelines for checking and repairing accessibility, and explains [...]

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Focus seminar: Accessible PDF and the new PDF/UA standard (Amsterdam, March 19, 2013)

PDF/UA is coming to Amsterdam! Pick up everything you need to know about how to create accessible PDF from your InDesign documents in just one packed day. [...]

Comments on accessibility of electronic Documents from Italy

In his Italian Blog Biroblu Livio Mondini frequently comments on accessibility of electronic documents in formats like PDF/UA, HTML or EPUP and gives some background on the [...]

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WCAG 2.0 joins PDF/UA as an ISO standard

After PDF/UA became an ISO standard in August 2012, WCAG just also became an international standard – it’s now possible to use ISO standards to meet the needs of organizations for a standardized approach to accessibility across a wide range of content.” [...]

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CommonLook Office 1.2: Accessible PDF documents and forms from Word and PowerPoint

Aimed at the corporate cubicle, CommonLook Office makes it easy to create properly tagged PDF documents and forms directly from Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. [...]

PDF/UA: Setting the Standards for PDF Accessibility

A good overview of PDF/UA for the layman has been published on the University of Illinois, Chicago website. It provides some of the history behind it and explains why PDF/UA is needed. “…when you are developing PDF files using tools, make sure the PDF tools you buy and use support PDF/UA,” writes Kevin Price. “You will no longer have to shut out the needs of people with disabilities in the development of your PDF file if you use PDF/UA accessibility standards.” [...]

Webinar: Creating Accessible PDF Presentations from PowerPoint

Ohio State University’s Web Accessibility Center offers a webinar with tips for creating accessible PDF presentations from PowerPoint files. Ken Petri guides users through authoring content in PowerPoint so that those with vision and other disabilities are able to easily review presentations. His best practices will help ensure that PowerPoint presentations converted to PDF documents will be usable by everyone. [...]

Status Update: Information and Communications Technologies Guidelines

Though initially expected by the end of September, ICT says its new guidelines will be placed in the rulemaking docket for approval prior to November 9. The group says “the next version will be an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; a public comment period will be provided on the ANPRM. This ANPRM will make changes in content and structure from the first ANPRM that was issued in March 2010. If the ANPRM is approved by the Board on November 9, we expect that it will be published in the Federal Register and made available on our website and Regulations.gov in early December.” [...]