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I just ran your PDF through an accessibility checker and it failed magnificently. For this reason alone, suggesting people make more use of PDFs instead of well
by trhoad 5y ago
I just ran your PDF through an accessibility checker and it failed magnificently. For this reason alone, suggesting people make more use of PDFs instead of well-formatted HTML is a total non-starter for me (and should be for everyone).
- robin_reala 5y agoIt’s entirely possible to write accessible PDFs. It’s just that no-one does.
- trhoad 5y agoIt is indeed! And you're right, nobody does, including this example.
- jfk13 5y agoAnd even if they did, many of the readers/viewers people use wouldn't fully support it. While it's possible to royally mess up accessibility in HTML, too, the chances of getting something usable are at least somewhat better.
- john-doe 5y agoEven Word documents are more accessible than PDFs.
- zinekeller 5y agoHeck, even PDFs produced by Word (or comparable FOSS editors) are so much better (except if you've done it incorrectly by "printing" it) than this particular one.
- wy35 5y agoMy thoughts exactly, I feel like it would be easier to write accessible webpages (given the wealth of accessibility tools).
- Finnucane 5y agoMaking properly accessible PDFs is possible, but it is a pain in the ass. Certainly more difficult than with plain HTML.