Accessibility - Is the Adobe Checker enough?

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Hello all,I work part time for a local government authority, and we are working on making all our digital content accessible. I recently attended a (very thorough) course on accessibilty using indesign which was great but the trainer suggested that using the Acrobat accessibility checker wasn't sufficient - ie a PDF could pass all of the checks but still wouldnt necessacarily be accessible enough to meet the WCAG standards. I wondered if anyone had any experience of this, could recommend any further checkers to ensure we meet the AA level of requirement by WCAG!Thank you

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com · Answer

No!It's exceptionally limited in what it checks. Here are some of the items it leaves out:Color contrastIncorrect tags (like a list with all

tags)Illogical tag reading orderInappropriate or incomplete Alt-textCan't asses complex tables In our PDF Remediation classes, we recommend it as a first-level check of a PDF's accessibility. But you should use these checkers, too:Acrobat Pro's built-in Preflight checker for PDF/UA. It can locate and fix many technical errors (but still not the ones above).PAC3 checker (https://access-for-all.ch/en/pdf-accessibility-checker.html), but it can't fix anything and misses the above items, too. Nothing takes the place of a human that is well-trained in accessibility!(But that gives you job security, right?) Suggestion: Maybe post your question to the PDF Accessibility group on Facebook. It's just for PDF accessibility professionals. Lots of great ideas, comraderie, and advice. https://www.facebook.com/groups/PDFAccessibility You'll get a good cross section of people's thoughts about checkers.

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