Re: PDF Techniques Accessibility Summit

fine, but ADA and other regs require accessibility to be platform 
independent.  how can anyone who is required to be accessible comply if it 
is not platform neuttral??

Bob




On Tue, 14 Aug 2018, Duff Johnson wrote:

>> pdf files in linux and using emacspeak???
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> Apologies for the late answer.
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> This event is about accessible PDF in general; the correct tagging thereof.
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> Platform or application support for accessible PDF is a choice of that software’s developer.
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> Duff.
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>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2018, Duff Johnson wrote:
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>>> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 10:29:46 -0400
>>> From: Duff Johnson <duff@duff-johnson.com>
>>> To: w3c-wai-ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>,
>>>    WebAIM Discussion List <webaim-forum@list.webaim.org>
>>> Subject: PDF Techniques Accessibility Summit
>>> Resent-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:30:14 +0000
>>> Resent-From: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
>>> Apologies for cross-posting...
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>>> In December 2018 the PDF Association will host a two-day in-person event to assemble, review and endorse examples of tagged PDF files.
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>>> The objective is to establish a common understanding of what is considered “semantically appropriate tags in a logical reading order”, to quote PDF/UA.
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>>> In short, we’re looking to review and endorse examples of files that subject-matter-experts agree are well-tagged for accessibility.
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>>> The results of the summit will be used by the PDF/UA Technical Working Group (TWG) of the PDF Association as the basis of a fully-revised set of PDF Techniques for WCAG 2.1.
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>>> The PDF Techniques Accessibility Summit will be held December 10-11 in Edinburgh, Scotland, directly following the “PDF Week” ISO meetings at the same location.
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>>> You can learn about and sign-up for the PDF Techniques Accessibility Summit at pdfa.org <http://pdfa.org/>:
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>>> https://www.pdfa.org/event/pdf-techniques-accessibility-summit/ <https://www.pdfa.org/event/pdf-techniques-accessibility-summit/>
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>>> Obviously, for any questions, please get in touch!
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>>> Duff Johnson
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>>> PDF Association Executive Director
>>> ISO 32000 (PDF) Intl. Project Co-Leader & US Chair
>>> ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) Intl. Project Leader & US Chair
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