[Athen] Fillable PDF Forms and VoiceOver

[Robert Spangler]

I used a Macbook Pro for a short time back in 2013 and did not have issues
filling out web forms.  I did not have to fill out PDF forms, but I think
you should be fine creating a HTML version of the form.  It's a shame that
PDF forms are still problematic, but I think people would be screaming
their heads off if they couldn't fill out web forms.


On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 10:37 AM, <chagnon at pubcom.com> wrote:


> Voice Over on Mac still doesn’t have as many accessibility features as its

> Windows counterparts.

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> It’s an Apple issue.

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> Forms is one area where its usefulness is limited.

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> I believe you can learn more about Voice Over’s capabilities (ha ha,

> really, should be lack-of-capabilities) on the www.WebAim.org forum where

> folks post their questions and findings on accessibility tech topics like

> this.

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> An option would be an HTML-based web version of the form, but I’m not sure

> even that would overcomes VO’s shortcomings with forms. Maybe, but not sure.

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> —Bevi

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> (SU alumna)

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Michael T Grattan

> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2018 9:48 AM

> *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Fillable PDF Forms and VoiceOver

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> We are using on the Adobe Acrobat  on both Windows 10 and High Sierra.

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> *Michael T Grattan*

> Access Technology Specialist

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> Office of Disability Services

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> *T* 315.443.4498   *F* 315.443.1312

> mtgratta at syr.edu

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> 804 University Ave. 3rd Floor, Syracuse NY, 13244

> disabilityservices.syr.edu

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> Syracuse University

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Karlen Communications

> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2018 9:37 AM

> *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Fillable PDF Forms and VoiceOver

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> What application are you using to view the PDF?

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> Cheers, Karen

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Michael T Grattan

> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2018 9:11 AM

> *To:* 'athen-list at u.washington.edu' <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* [Athen] Fillable PDF Forms and VoiceOver

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> Hello All,

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> We have been creating a number of Fillable PDF forms here at the

> university.  The forms are 100% accessible on the PC side using JAWS for

> Windows 2018, NVDA, and ZoomText Fusion 2018. When I try working with the

> same PDF forms using a MacBook with the High Sierra operating system and

> VoiceOver, I am not able to access any radio buttons or signature fields.

> All other edit fields and checkboxes are accessible.

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> The forms were created using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC version 2018.001.2040.

> An accessibility check was ran on each form as well as proper labels and

> annotations for tags.

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> I would be very grateful for any help in learning how to fix and avoid

> this issue in the future.

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> Thank you for all your help.

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> Michael

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> *Michael T Grattan*

> Access Technology Specialist

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> Office of Disability Services

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> *T* 315.443.4498   *F* 315.443.1312

> mtgratta at syr.edu

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> 804 University Ave. 3rd Floor, Syracuse NY, 13244

> disabilityservices.syr.edu

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> Syracuse University

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Robert Spangler
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