ChanceyFleetNov 14, 2024
A colleague has asked me for examples of PDF accessibility done right, and I'm drawing a blank.
Links to any publicly available PDF with good semantic structure, tagging, and accessibility to elements like tables and images would be very helpful
although of course you may also use this thread to dunk on the format, if you wish
Show threadPhilip Kiff

@ChanceyFleet The @PDFassociation offers some accessible PDFs.

Their Matterhorn Protocol provides a testing model for PDFs, and the protocol doc itself conforms to PDF/UA-1. [1]

Their Tagged PDF Best Practices Guide also follows best practices. [2]

But it's definitely hard to find good examples of accessible PDFs in the wild! Which says a lot about the problems with PDF format.

Links to 1 MB PDFs:

[1] https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Matterhorn-Protocol-1-1.pdf

[2] https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Tagged-PDF-Best-Practice-Guide.pdf

#PDF #PDFUA #Accessibility

Nov 15, 2024 at 4:34pmWeb
Show threadPDF AssociationNov 15, 2024

@pkiff @ChanceyFleet Aww, they aren't THAT hard to find!

Speaking of "in the wild", our latest "PDF in the Wild" feature mentions several organizations proudly posting PDF/UA files!

https://pdfa.org/nara-updates-its-guidance-on-ocr-and-pdf-collections/

NARA updates its guidance on OCR and PDF collections – PDF Association