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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Quote: “We use Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020 daily producing alternative text. It seems that they are phasing out Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020.” End Quote<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there a reason why you’re using an out-of-date version of Acrobat Pro?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recent releases have greatly improved the utilities for accessible PDFs:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>—<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Improved AutoTag utility (still not great, but it’s very useful for simple text/headings documents).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>—<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Updated accessibility checker.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>—<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Less-glitchy Alt-Text utility.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>—<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Improved and updated tools in the Preflight section which can identify and correct technical problems (like artifacting Non-Struct elements and embedding fonts).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note: version 2020 is 4 years old, and Adobe and other software manufacturers drop support for software after 3-4 years. You can still use it, of course, but there will be no ability to reinstall the old version on another computer, nor will you receive software updates from Adobe.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ABBYY Fine Reader is a fabulous utility.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>It can’t do half of what Acrobat Pro and 3<sup>rd</sup> party programs can do to correct PDFs and Word documents.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Any time you use any OCR tool from any vendor, you risk having mis-identification of the text, such as missing spaces, conjoined words, and mis-read words and numbers. It will look OK to sighted users, but screen reader and TTS software will present something less than correct to the end user.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE;mso-ligatures:none'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Bevi Chagnon <b><span style='color:#AEAAAA'>| </span></b><span style='color:#595959'>Designer, Accessibility Technician</span><b><span style='color:#AEAAAA'> |</span></b> <a href="mailto:Chagnon@PubCom.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Chagnon@PubCom.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE;mso-ligatures:none'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>PubCom: <span style='color:#C00000'>Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>consulting </span><span style='color:#D0CECE;mso-ligatures:none'>•</span><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> training </span><span style='color:#D0CECE;mso-ligatures:none'>•</span><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> development </span><span style='color:#D0CECE;mso-ligatures:none'>•</span><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> design </span><span style='color:#D0CECE;mso-ligatures:none'>•</span><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> sec. 508 services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Upcoming classes</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> at <a href="http://www.pubcom.com/classes"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.PubCom.com/<b>classes</b></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE;mso-ligatures:none'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="https://mailchi.mp/e694edcdfadd/class-discount-3266574"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Latest blog-newsletter</span></a> – <b><a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2020_07-20/alt-text_part-1.shtml"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Simple Guide to Writing Alt-Text</span></a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Norwich, Lorraine<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 30, 2023 3:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET">ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hope your semester is going well. We use Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020 daily producing alternative text. It seems that they are phasing out Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020. What alternatives are you using instead.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lorraine<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>