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GuyLibido
GuyLibido
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January 10, 2019
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Accessibility plugins for Section 508 compliance?

  • January 10, 2019
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Anyone know of any accessibility plugins similar to Commonlook's?

Or a developer who might be interested in creating one?

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raeben3
raeben3
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May 20, 2019

Look into Axes Quick Fix -- it has a Table Editor for working with complex tables and makes a number of PDF UA and 508 compliance fixes easier.

Don't know if it's true but I've been told that making a plug in that accesses the Tags requires C or C+ programming -- can't access the Tags panel with Java or Javascript. I'm not a programmer but have used Javascript occasionally.

Frans v.d. Geest
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Frans v.d. GeestCommunity Expert
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July 5, 2019

raeben3  schreef

Look into Axes Quick Fix -- it has a Table Editor for working with complex tables and makes a number of PDF UA and 508 compliance fixes easier.

Don't know if it's true but I've been told that making a plug in that accesses the Tags requires C or C+ programming -- can't access the Tags panel with Java or Javascript. I'm not a programmer but have used Javascript occasionally.

I downloaded the save disabled demo, seems nice (even if it is windows only). However: the company does not react to any request made by email or online form...

You can ask for a limited save enabled version, but you do not get an reply.
I've mailed them and asked them about some other isues... no response what so ever...

So... ???

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Legend
January 17, 2019

FYI,

Right now, Rob Haverty (an accessibility expert at Adobe) is presenting the first of 6 sessions about PDF accessibility. Free, 1 hour sessions. They might have info on Acrobat's newest tools for remediating PDFs.

Sign up here Accessible PDF Webinar Series — the series is FREE!

Wait a few seconds for the page to populate:

Even if you missed the live sessions, the recordings and presentations will be available from Adobe's website.

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Legend
May 15, 2019

Update about accessing Rob Haverty's recordings of these very helpful sessions from Adobe.

They're located at http://adobe.lookbookhq.com/acrobataccessibility

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    Legend
    May 15, 2019

    Also look at PowerPDF from Nuance. https://www.nuance.com/index.html 

    Our firm is testing its capabilities for Sec. 508 accessibility and the tools are looking quite good. Not perfect yet, but...

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    Legend
    January 10, 2019

    Various CommonLook modules do various tasks.

    Which tasks are you specifically looking to do?

    • Check the file per PDF/UA-1 and/or WCAG 2?
    • Remediate the PDF?
    • Validate the PDF and add the medallion?
    • Add accessibility utilities/tools inside Word, InDesign, etc?
    • Export an accessible PDF from the source file/program?
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    GuyLibido
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    January 10, 2019

    A few examples- again, I'm only looking for a plug in for ACROBAT that would:

    Parse selected content and create appropriate list tags (<L><Li><Lbl><LBody>

    Global tag search and change (Search all <H1> tags, change to Hx

    Artifact path tags.

    Annotate links

    Create bookmarks from styles

    Global scoping and adding headers to tables.

    Table editing tool with a few more features than Acrobat's

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    Legend
    January 10, 2019

    All but the last one can be done in Acrobat Pro DC, and the tools have been improved in CC:2019. Worth upgrading if you're still on an older version.

    Don't know of any other plug-ins for Acrobat for these features.

    GuyLibido  wrote

    Parse selected content and create appropriate list tags (<L><Li><Lbl><LBody>

    Try using the AutoTag utility in the Accessibility tool panel. It's been improved in CC:2019.

    GuyLibido  wrote

    Global tag search and change (Search all <H1> tags, change to Hx

    Use Edit Role Map to do this in Acrobat DC Pro. It doesn't actually change the tag but does change how it is represented to assistive technologies which accomplishes the same result.

    And submit a feature request to search/replace tags at Acrobat.UserVoice.com. Let us know here so that we can chime in on the vote!

    GuyLibido  wrote

    Artifact path tags.

    Use the Order Panel, TURO tool, Content Panel, and/or Tag Tree Panel in Acrobat Pro DC. My favorite is TURO: select the element and then Background/Artifact it.

    GuyLibido  wrote

    Annotate links

    Right-click the Reference tag / Properties / type in the Alt-text.

    GuyLibido  wrote

    Create bookmarks from styles

    This one's been in Acrobat for eons.

    • Open the Bookmarks Panel.
    • Options drop-down menu.
    • Select New Bookmarks from Structure.
    • In the next dialogue, control+click/shift+click the specific tags/styles you want to have the booksmarks made from. Usually H1 - H3.

    GuyLibido  wrote

    Global scoping and adding headers to tables.

    In Acrobat's Table Editor, you can have it automatically add the IDs to your  <TH> cells. Doing this from memory, but select the table in Table Editor and the option is in a menu to automatically add the IDs.

    However, you will have to then do the next step in Table Editor. Select the cell/cells, right-click, and associate them with the appropriate ID.

    Another feature request for you to make at Acrobat.UserVoice.com.

    GuyLibido  wrote

    Table editing tool with a few more features than Acrobat's

    Sorry, only CommonLook has this.

    Hope this helps.

    Let us know when you make the feature requests so that we can vote 'em up!

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    Legend
    January 10, 2019

    Sort of.

    Take a look at Axaio Software's Made To Tag plug-in for InDesign. https://www.axaio.com/doku.php/en:products:madetotag

    FYI, Axaio also wrote the accessibility utilities for the latest version of QuarkExpress and representatives from the firm are members of the ISO's standards committee for PDF/UA and PDF.

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    GuyLibido
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    January 10, 2019

    Thanks- I'm looking specifically for an Acrobat plug in.

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