Resources for Creating MS Word Documents http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/documents/ http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/documents/pdf-word/ PDF Scanned PDFs When a document is scanned, it is considered an image and cannot be read by a screen reader Example of a “Non-Readable” pdf document: It reads: “Empty Document” To make this an accessible document: From Adobe Acrobat, Click: Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR Generally, if you can select text with your mouse, it will be read by a screen reader The ALT attribute is used in PDFs to provide a text equivalent for an object or image. The ALT attribute actually has several tags defined for it, including: img area input applet Images that include text should include Alternate Text that matches. (Example, image button with the should also words “Reinventing Michigan” have Alternate Text stating “Reinvent Michigan”) Spell out acronyms. MiDashboard is pronounced “Me Dashboard” ICHAT Agribusiness Make Link Text Descriptive Blind users rely on tab order to access items logically on the website. It should read Left to Right, Top to Bottom Color contrast in PDFs
Resources for Creating MS Word Documents http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/documents/ http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/documents/pdf-word/ PDF Scanned PDFs When a document is scanned, it is considered an image and cannot be read by a screen reader Example of a “Non-Readable” pdf document: It reads: “Empty Document” To make this an accessible document: From Adobe Acrobat, Click: Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR Generally, if you can select text with your mouse, it will be read by a screen reader The ALT attribute is used in PDFs to provide a text equivalent for an object or image. The ALT attribute actually has several tags defined for it, including: img area input applet Images that include text should include Alternate Text that matches. (Example, image button with the words “Reinventing Michigan” should also have Alternate Text stating “Reinvent Michigan”) Spell out acronyms. MiDashboard is pronounced “Me Dashboard” ICHAT Agribusiness Make Link Text Descriptive Blind users rely on tab order to access items logically on the website. It should read Left to Right, Top to Bottom Color contrast in PDFs
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