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Alternative Text (Alt-text) Accessibility Guidelines
One of the first steps to web and document accessibility, providing accurate and appropriate descriptions for an image, can be critical to the overall goal…
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Color and Contrast for Accessibility
This is the third in an eight-part article series. STEP 3: COLOR & CONTRAST Color and Contrast Best Practices for Accessibility As part of our…
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The Relevance of Metadata in Accessible PDFs
This is the second in an eight-part article series. STEP 2: METADATA What is Metadata in a PDF File? The term PDF metadata refers to searchable fields…
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PDF Tagging and Reading Order
This is the first of an eight-part series on PDF Accessibility STEP 1: TAGS & READING ORDER Making sure that PDFs are accessible to everyone,…
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Braille Writing with Braille Keyboards
Braille writing and creating braille documents can be done in a few different ways. Individuals with blindness or low vision can use a standard keyboard…
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Four Reasons You Need PDF Validator
We put a lot of emphasis on things like authoring Word documents with accessibility in mind and remediating existing PDFs for accessibility and compliance but,…
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Allyant Celebrates Assistive Technology Awareness Month!
To celebrate, let’s discuss the impact of various AT devices on the lives of people with disabilities, including some of my personal experiences with AT.
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3 Quick and Easy Ways to Tell if a PDF is Accessible
If a PDF cannot be read and navigated by everyone, including people with vision impairments or other disabilities, then the PDF is not accessible. A…
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Knowledge is power. How to personally validate whether or not your online documents are accessible.
Can you be assured all the content on your website is accessible to people with disabilities—including those with visual impairments? No organization is exempt from…
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How Do You Check If A PDF Is Accessible?
To check if a PDF document is accessible, you need software like CommonLook’s PDF Validator, which tests the PDF against accessibility standards like Section 508,…
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