UW IT Accessibility - PDF Practices and Tools

UW-IT's Accessible Technology Services department at the University of Washington outlines their in-house PDF remediation practices, tools used, handling of complex forms, and available resources for PDF accessibility. They utilize tools like Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, ABBYY FineReader, PAC 2021, and JAWS, with a focus on in-house remediation while utilizing external services for specific cases. For more information, check out their PDF Remediation Service, Equidox PDF Accessibility Software, PAC 2021 Accessibility Checker, and additional PDF training resources.

• UW IT Accessibility
• PDF Practices
• PDF Remediation
• Accessibility Tools
• University of Washington

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1. PDF Practices Gaby de Jongh, IT Accessibility Team UW-IT Accessible Technology Services

2. What PDF work does UW do in-house? > Remediate PDFs for Faculty coursework (not as accommodation) Staff department or unit supporting documents, reports Students usually submitting on behalf of a program > We do not remediate Math or some STEM content

3. What tools do you use for which tasks? > Adobe Acrobat Pro DC for remediation for most PDFs Tested Equidox in 2018 > ABBYY FineReader for PDFs that are scanned images Final remediation with Acrobat Pro DC > PAC 2021 to check accessibility for UW Medicine forms, other complex PDFs > JAWS to spot check elements for complex PDFs

4. For complex forms do you job those out? > Most forms are done in-house Encourage folks to use HTML based forms instead > Will send out forms if they require quick turnaround or are in a foreign language > UW has relationship with Open Access Technologies (OAT) Have used VASTEC, Accessibil-IT for other PDF remediation

5. Resources > UW-IT PDF Remediation Service: uw.edu/accessibility/documents/#free > Equidox PDF Accessibility Software: equidox.co/pdf- solutions/pdf-accessibility-software/ > PAC 2021 Accessibility Checker: pdfua.foundation/en/pdf-accessibility-checker-pac > PDF Training: pubcom.com/ > PDF Association: pdfa.org

6. Questions? gabyd@uw.edu