[Athen] EASI Webinar Fee-based Series: Implementing PDF/UA

[Prof Norm Coombs]

EASI Webinar Fee-based Series: Implementing PDF/UA
PDF/UA, Universal Accessibility Newly Created Standards
  Presenter: Karen McCall
Dates: Jan 13, 20, 27 and Feb 3
times: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern (all standard)
This four part series will guide you through the 
impact of the PDF/UA standards on the 
accessibility of PDF documents. There are three 
parts to the technical specifications:
the accessibility of the document itself,
the ability of the PDF viewer/reader to provide 
the accessibility to the end-user
  the ability of the adaptive technology to 
support the PDF/UA features in the PDF/UA compliant document.

The 4 Webinars are:
Week One: Overview of PDF/UA and how it will 
affect the ability of those accessing PDF content
Week Two What tools are available to work with 
PDF/UA compliant documents and what adaptive 
technology is currently supporting PDF/UA content?
Week ThreeGo through a more complex report of the PAC checker.
Week FourContinuing with simple repairs:
(a detailed description of the four weeks is below)

EASI Annual Members register free from the passworded member page:
http://easi.cc/member/index.htm

There is also a scholarship available, and you can obtain it from:
http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm

To pay for the series ($225 for 4 Webinars) from 
the registration page, select web conferencing 
and the date January 2015 and pay by credit card, PO or check:
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Details for the series lessons
Week One: Overview of PDF/UA and how it will 
affect the ability of those accessing PDF content
It is an ISO standard that builds on ISO 3200 which is document accessibility.
There are three parts to the specifications:
• The PDF document.
• The PDF reader/viewer.
• The adaptive technology.
PDF and HTML – the relationship.
Benefits of PDF/UA:
• Standardized navigation in the form of 
sequential headings. Not going from heading 1 to 
heading 3, correct sequence of heading 1 to heading 2, to heading 3
• Consistent Tab Order.
• Language.
• Alt Text and Actual Text.
• Correct List tagging.
• Correct table tagging.
• We now have a standard set of specifications 
for a document, a viewer/reader and adaptive 
technology so that when we are asked “what do you 
mean by an accessible PDF” we can point to the PDF/UA to standardize access.

Week Two What tools are available to work with 
PDF/UA compliant documents and what adaptive 
technology is currently supporting PDF/UA content?
• Adobe Acrobat Professional for tagging and repair.
• PAC checker for quality assurance to the PDF/UA standard.
• NVDA only PDF/UA compliant screen reader to date.
Deal with the JAWS 16 OCR tool for untagged PDF. 
It doesn’t add the correct structure, 
navigational capabilities and language tagging. 
It is a Band-Aid for untagged PDF documents much 
like the Adobe Reader/Acrobat “do you want me to 
add tags to the document by guessing what the content is?”
Adobe OCR and add virtual Tags to document.
Matterhorn Protocol – what is it and how does it relate to PDF/UA?
Implementation Guide? What is it and how does it relate to PDF/UA?
Go through a simple report of the PAC checker.

Week ThreeGo through a more complex report of the PAC checker.
This week moves into making simple repairs in Acrobat.
Hierarchy of Tasks:
• Is it a scanned document? Perform OCR.
• Does it have form controls? Add form controls.
• Does it have links? Use Create links from URL’s.
Then Tag the document.
• Alt text for images.
• Actual Text example.
• Core language for document.
• Language changes including use of  Tag.
• Headings – using F2.
• Tab Order: What it is and when it gets flagged.

Week FourContinuing with simple repairs:
? Lists: Lbody, LBody,  and
?
? Table repairs.
Forms and XFA forms from LiveCycle Designer: just 
an overview of the difference. Not time enough to 
go into detail on either of them.
What’s next for PDF/UA?
Go back over the benefits of PDF/UA for 
standardized navigation and access to document content.
PDF/UA for education.




EASI Annual Members register free from the passworded member page:
http://easi.cc/member/index.htm

There is also a scholarship available, and you can obtain it from:
http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm

To pay for the series ($225 for 4 Webinars) from 
the registration page, select web conferencing 
and the date January 2015 and pay by credit card, PO or check:
https://www.secure.servsite.com/easi/enrollment/enrollment_pal.shtml">Register 
for