Screen Reader Accessibility Error Workaround for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader DC The AVAiCDialog dialog used by Adobe Acrobat DC to display online storage options for opening and saving PDF files cannot be read by popular screen readers such as JAWS for Windows, NVDA, and Window Eyes. A workaround is available which involves bypassing this […]
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Providing Alt Text To Images: An Overview
Alternative text or “Alt” text is text associated with an image that serves the same purpose and conveys the same essential information as the image. For example, imagine a color photograph of planet Earth taken by NASA astronauts from their space craft in outer space that might appear in a document or on a web […]
Section 508, Universal AccessibilityAccessible Electronic Documents: Getting to the Point
There is lots of advice on just what is involved in making electronic documents like Microsoft Word documents and PDF files accessible and that, as it turns out, may be a bit of a problem. While Accessibility is universally acknowledged to be a good and desirable thing, you would be hard pressed to find […]
Accessibility, Assistive Technology, PDF/UA, Section 508, Universal AccessibilityCreating Section 508 “Friendly” PDF Documents
Millions of people are visually impaired and must use assistive technology (AT) to read electronic content. Assistive technology software is sometimes called screen readers. To ensure equal access to information, the US Congress enacted legislation in 1998 to require U.S. Federal agencies and contractors to procure accessible software and to produce accessible electronic documents. The […]
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