Christmas PDF accessibility wish list
Dear JAWS developers,please can we have the means to escape forms mode from within a checkbox in a PDF form? Dear ZoomText Reader developers…
Accessible infographics
This post addresses the five areas that most commonly go wrong in the creation of accessible infographics for publication in PDFs…
One or multiple level 1 headings in PDF?
There are two schools of thought regarding whether you should use one or multiple <H1>s in a PDF. This article examines both sides of the argument.
You can't make Microsoft Word forms accessible (enough) …
Many organisations publish forms created in Microsoft Word, mainly because of the ease and convenience of doing so. However, in an age when all online content must be made accessible, this is a problem.
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" …