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Accessibility of Portable Document Format in Education Repositories

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Patricia Acosta-Vargas,

Sergio Luján-Mora,

Tania AcostaAuthors Info & Claims

ICETC '17: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers

Pages 239 - 242

https://doi.org/10.1145/3175536.3175574

Published: 20 December 2017 Publication History

Abstract

This article describes a study on accessibility in the Portable Document Format. This type of file is increasingly used on the Web. In order to make the format universally accessible, it is suggested to apply the standards defined by the World Wide Web Consortium in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. However, not all PDF documents are accessible. In this research, the accessibility of PDF files was evaluated when applying the PDF Techniques based on WCAG 2.0. As a case study, it was applied to the universities in Latin America with the highest academic prestige according to the classification of Webometrics. The evaluation of the documents found that, in general, universities have not been concerned with providing accessible documents. In this research, we study the problems encountered in documents and the solutions to generate more accessible and inclusive documents.

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Kopel M(2022)Towards Making University PDFs Conform to Universal Accessibility StandardComputational Collective Intelligence10.1007/978-3-031-16014-1_57(730-743)Online publication date: 21-Sep-2022
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Index Terms

Accessibility of Portable Document Format in Education Repositories
1. General and reference
  1. Document types
    1. Computing standards, RFCs and guidelines
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Accessibility
    1. Accessibility systems and tools

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Szentirmai AInal YTorkildsby A(2024)The Accessibility Paradox: Can Research Articles Inspecting Accessibility Be Inaccessible?Computers Helping People with Special Needs10.1007/978-3-031-62846-7_6(47-54)Online publication date: 5-Jul-2024
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Kopel M(2022)Towards Making University PDFs Conform to Universal Accessibility StandardComputational Collective Intelligence10.1007/978-3-031-16014-1_57(730-743)Online publication date: 21-Sep-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16014-1_57
Martin-Hammond APatil UTandukar B(2021)A Case for Making Web Accessibility Guidelines Accessible: Older Adult Content Creators and Web Accessibility PlanningProceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility10.1145/3441852.3476472(1-6)Online publication date: 17-Oct-2021
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Uckun UAydin AAshok VRamakrishnan I(2020)Breaking the Accessibility Barrier in Non-Visual Interaction with PDF FormsProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/33978684:EICS(1-16)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2020
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