[community] Alternatives to PDF

[Bob Dodd]

To echo Pina, checking the output of editing tools for accessibility is so important, especially for PDF.

One very good resource for PDF accessibility checking is the PAC3 tool from the Access for All Foundation
https://www.access-for-all.ch/en/pdf-lab/pdf-accessibility-checker-pac.html

Bob


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On 2020-06-10, 9:17 AM, "community on behalf of pina.dintino at gmail.com" <community-bounces at lists.idrc.ocadu.ca on behalf of pina.dintino at gmail.com> wrote:

    I agree with this and would continue to suggest that no matter how
    accessible in-design is or any other form of documents , anytime  you
    convert them to pdf you still need to verify that nothing was broken after
    the conversion. None of the converters are error proof.
    Pina

    -----Original Message-----
    From: community <community-bounces at lists.idrc.ocadu.ca> On Behalf Of L
    Snider
    Sent: June 10, 2020 9:01 AM
    To: Teresa L <teresa.lee at alumni.utoronto.ca>
    Cc: community at lists.idrc.ocadu.ca
    Subject: Re: [community] Alternatives to PDF

    Hi Teresa,

    Some people are creating EPUBs, and they can be made very accessible.
    However, the EPUB viewers/readers themselves are still problematic in terms
    of accessibility. This is why EPUB, in my view, will never gain traction
    because the viewer has to be accessible. The only one that was fairly good
    may come back but most people I know didn't use it.
    Also, currently (as of the date of my email), InDesign produces some of the
    most accessible PDFs possible. This applies to the newest version of
    InDesign, not previous versions prior to 2019. In my personal opinion it is
    the best out there today. Of course, PDFs can be problematic for many
    people, but in my view businesses won't stop using them any time soon.

    Hope that helps.

    Cheers

    Lisa

    On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 9:50 AM Teresa L <teresa.lee at alumni.utoronto.ca>
    wrote:
    >
    > Good morning all!
    >
    > Just wanted to field for your input on PDF alternatives. What do you do
    within your organization when PDFs cannot be accessible due to known issues
    with InDesign - especially for a large document?
    >
    > Thanks always for your support!
    >
    > Kindly,
    > Teresa
    >
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