[Athen] Webinar series Based on the New PDF Universal Accessibility Standards

[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 new

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

For those unable to obtain funding, 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 select the date January 13 2015 and pay by credit

card, PO or check:
https://www.secure.servsite.com/easi/enrollment/enrollment_pal.shtml

Here are the 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

For those unable to obtain funding, 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 select the date January 13 2015 and pay by credit

card, PO or check:
https://www.secure.servsite.com/easi/enrollment/enrollment_pal.shtml