Creating accessible nonNon-HTML content, like documents, presentations, and forms, is extremely important to Portland State University’s efforts toward creating more inclusive and accessible online spaces. Not only does PSU’s Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility policy require that public-facing digital content meet accessibility guidelines; the choice to apply accessibility best practices to all digital content authoring allows for greater accessibility, usability, and search engine optimization for all users, are often created, published as PDFs, and uploaded to public-facing web spaces without accessibility in mind. These resources can pose formidable accessibility barriers to people with disabilities when they are not properly formatted.
Consider the following facts:
15.4% of adults in the United States have cognitive and/or vision disabilities. This translates to over 36 million people.
In a recent world-wide survey of screen-reader users, over 75% of peopleindicate that PDFs are either somewhat or very likely to pose significant accessibility barriers.
There are thousands of PDFs on the pdx.edu website.
Over 4,000 of those PDFs have undergone automated testing; 90% were found to have one or more accessibility barriers.
Our document accessibility The help articles in the following collection will guide you through the accessibility principles and best practices you should consider when creating documents and repairing documents non-HTML content with noted accessibility barriers.
Please choose from the following articles depending on use case:
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Creating Accessible Documents and Forms
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Remediating Inaccessible Documents and Forms
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Situations in which you’ve inherited a PDF and do not have access to the original document and/or its associated authoring program.
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Please note that Adobe Acrobat Pro is generally required in order to generate fully accessible PDFs.
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Departments may purchase copies of Adobe Acrobat Pro by submitting
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a software installation request
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PSU Helpdesk.
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Please let the IT Accessibility Team know if we can be of assistance. If you have any questions or concerns
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For additional resources, or any questions related to digital accessibility for public-facing digital resources at PSU, please email help-accessibility@pdx.edu |
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