RE: suggested tools for office/pdf remediation

Human beings trained in what makes a document accessible are central.

Tools are secondary.

No tool (or online service) does a perfect job because no two documents are
the same. 

 

Note: There are no accessibility standards specifically for word processing
and spreadsheet files. All recommendations are "best practices" at this
time.

Only PDFs have a specification, currently PDF/UA-1. (See ISO
https://www.iso.org/standard/75839.html and
https://www.iso.org/standard/64599.html) 

 

Remediate Word and Excel files in Word and Excel.

Remediate PDFs by 1) making a better source document in Office, InDesign,
etc. and exporting a better PDF; and 2) completing the final tweaks in Adobe
Acrobat Pro. A well-made source document shouldn't need much more than
tweaking, checking, preflighting, and validating with Acrobat. There are
only a few cases where we recommend using third-party tools or services.

 

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From: Wilcox, Lisa - REE-ERS, Washington, DC <lisa.wilcox@usda.gov> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 4:19 PM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: suggested tools for office/pdf remediation

 

I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions to the best tools to remediate
pdfs, office documents and excel files?

We are looking to expand accessibility testing and looking into tools.

I appreciate the advice.

Kindest regards,

Lisa


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