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- PDFs Suck! - Use semantic HTML!

- PDFs Suck! - Use semantic HTML!. 2004: PDF hatin’ was all the rage…. PDFs never went away, did they?. 10 years and billions of PDFs later…. While technology has come a looooong way…. Are you winning the war on i naccessible PDFs?. PDF a11y testing for the rest of us.

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- PDFs Suck! - Use semantic HTML!

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  1. - PDFs Suck!- Use semantic HTML! 2004: PDF hatin’ was all the rage…

  2. PDFs never went away, did they?

  3. 10 years and billions of PDFs later…

  4. While technology has come a looooongway…

  5. Are you winning the war on inaccessible PDFs?

  6. PDF a11y testing for the rest of us MeasuringPDF Accessibility @dboudreau PSUWebConf 2014 Deque Systems, Inc.

  7. What’s yourstrategy? PDFs…

  8. PDFs… What’s yourstrategy?

  9. Not everyone is a PDF expert!

  10. Not everyone has access to one!

  11. “Trust me, everything will be all right!” Have no fear, Frank is here!

  12. PDF AccessibilitySelf-Defense Techniques

  13. PDF Techniques for WCAG 2.0

  14. PDF4: Hiding decorative images

  15. Measuring PDF Accessibility A Testing Proposal For the Rest of Us

  16. Or, as I like to put it…

  17. How to fake your way into looking like a PDF expert in 12 easy steps!

  18. But we don’t wanna use no stinkin’ screen readers!

  19. Some Tools to Consider • Acrobat Pro XI Accessibility CheckerRuns on both Windows and MacOs • CommonLook PDF pluginFor Adobe Acrobat on Windows • PDF Accessibility Checker 2Independently runs on Windows

  20. Faking Your WayUp the PDFa11y Ladder • Access Restrictions • Default Language • Document Title • Bookmarks • Content Reflow • Read Out Loud • Semantic Structure • Tabbing Order • Informational Images • Decorative Images • Meaningful Hyperlinks • Data Tables

  21. a11yTips – an ever growing resource

  22. 10,000 ft. View

  23. Access Restrictions Are there any access restrictions on the document, such as password protection?

  24. Default Language Is the natural language of the PDF document specified? a11yTip #2Specify the default language of PDF documents http://bit.ly/1ogdC52

  25. Document Title Does the PDF have a meaningful title (not just a file name)? a11yTip #3Specify descriptive and meaningful titles for PDF documents http://bit.ly/Q3WLWW

  26. Image-Based Documents

  27. Text-Based Documents

  28. Bookmarks Does the PDF contain bookmarks and are they helpful for navigating efficiently to various sections of the document?

  29. Content Reflow When Reflow mode is activated, does all the content reorganize naturally in a single, easy to read column? a11yTip #5Ensure the reading order of a PDF makes sense when reflowed http://bit.ly/1ikVqXa

  30. Read Out Loud When Read Out Loud is activated, does all the content get read correctly and in the right order?

  31. Semantic Structure Is content organized consistently using semantically and correctly structured tags/markup?

  32. Tabbing Order Can the document be navigated in a predictable order that is consistent with the meaning of the content? a11yTip #8Create a tabbing order for PDF content that is logical and intuitive http://bit.ly/1o8HcMu

  33. Informational Images Does the text alternative provided for every informational image convey the same meaning or purpose as the image?

  34. Decorative Images Are purely decorative images marked up as artifacts, so screen readers can safely ignore them? a11yTip #10Turn purely decorative images in PDF documents into artifacts http://bit.ly/1ovRTX1

  35. Meaningful Hyperlinks Is hyperlink text marked up using Link annotations and is the purpose of that text meaningful? a11yTip #11Provide replacement text for PDF links that are not meaningful http://bit.ly/1l02siv

  36. Data Tables Are the tables marked up properly and are header cells and data cells explicitly associated? a11yTip #12Use table markup to structure tabular data in PDF documents http://bit.ly/1uRX2Nl

  37. PDF AccessibilitySelf-Defense Techniques

  38. PDF Testing Methodologyhttp://is.gd/Wul7Rc

  39. PDF strategy! What will yours be?

  40. Denis Boudreau Deque Systems, Inc. db@deque.com @dboudreau Merci Beaucoup!

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