> Has anyone worked with ADA Compliant web sites? Are PDF's > considered ADA Compliant? I seem to remember there being a > PDF reader out there, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. > > I am providing an educational site with the ability to upload ed. > resources in PDF format, but everything has to be 100% ADA compliant. > Now I'm thinking that I'm going to have to provide them with > a means to upload the same resource in HTML, because I can't > find any evidence that says PDF's are OK. That's gonna suck....
You need to go here: http://access.adobe.com/ Section 508 compliance isn't exactly the same as ADA compliance, but they both target the same sort of functionality. PDFs can be accessible, if they're done right. Acrobat itself has accessibility checking functionality built-in, and will let you tag your PDFs for screen reading and reflowing on non-standard devices such as PDAs. That said, this isn't something that can easily be automated, so you'd either have to check each PDF yourself, or trust your contributors to create accessible PDFs (good luck with that!) For end-user testing, you can run Acrobat's Accessibility Setup Assistant, which controls how documents appear on screen and how they'll print on a Braille printer. Interestingly, if you install Acrobat on a Tablet PC, it'll automatically launch the Accessibility Setup Assistant - touch screens are included in Tablet PC, and Acrobat considers this assistive technology. You can also have Acrobat read PDFs to you using MS Agent text-to-speech functionality. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:232021 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
