Importing structured content from Microsoft Word into InDesign
If you add structural features such as alt text, headings, lists and tables, your graphic designers can simply import them intact directly from Word into InDesign, ready to go…
We are now a G-Cloud 11 supplier
We are happy to confirm that the Accessible Digital Documents Company is now a G-Cloud 11 supplier, having been successful in our bid to provide PDF and EPUB accessibility services and training.
Comment on “How to find the right PDF remediation firm”
The recent significant increase in demand for PDF accessibility remediation services is very much to be welcomed. However, there is currently a serious and widespread issue with quality…
The skipped headings myth
One of the most persistent myths amongst document producers is that skipping a heading level will always create an accessibility problem …
Artificial Intelligence is coming to PDF accessibility
AI already has the ability to take some of the hard work out of the process of making PDFs accessible, and will undoubtedly continue to do an increasing share of the work in the future…
Engineering students do accessibility. Graphic design students, not so much
We regularly train graphic designers in creating accessible PDFs from Adobe InDesign, and we get the same feedback all the time: "I wish we had been taught this stuff at Uni" …
The case against banning italics
Why a blanket ban on italics for accessibility reasons is likely to do more harm than good.
JAWS 2019 update to fix PDF language attribute bug
BREAKING NEWS—A forthcoming upgrade to JAWS 2019, expected in February, is set to fix a JAWS 2018 PDF language attribute-related problem…
De-mystifying PDF table summaries
A table summary can greatly enhance the usability of tabular data. It is possible to add an invisible, behind-the-scenes summary to a data table in a PDF. However, your content will be far more effective if you include table summary texts visibly on the page.
Document formats, accessibility and productivity
My recent conversation with someone at the heart of the UK public sector digital realm ended abruptly when I made the objectively, demonstrably true argument that some content types can be more accessible in non-HTML formats than they can be in HTML.