Adobe Accessibility

ByMargaret Hartman

Who Benefits:

• Individuals who have motor impairments,

low vision, or blindness

• Creators of PDF documents and forms

• Educators can allow students with disabilities access to electronic information

2. Adobe PDF Forms Access2. Adobe PDF Forms Access

1. Adobe Acrobat 6.01. Adobe Acrobat 6.0

3. Adobe Forms Designer3. Adobe Forms Designer

4. Adobe Go-Live Accessibility4. Adobe Go-Live Accessibility

Technical Features

• Converts text into speech in PDF files

• Works with assistive technology such as Freedom Scientific to support screen reading

• Ability to optimize and evaluate PDF files for accessibility

Student and Teacher Applications• Allows students with vision impairment to read

by using Window-based screen readers, high contrast, and custom font sizes

• Files can be read aloud using operating system text to speech

• Teachers can utilize PDF files for students with disabilities

• Produces automatically and tags Adobe PDF forms that are accessible for those with visual impairments

• Identifies the structure and reading order for use with assistive technology

• Enables students to complete fillable Adobe PDF forms

• Allows for creation of HTML and Adobe PDF forms without other software

• Includes Technology Assisted Learning for designers of forms

• Teachers can use this product so forms used in class are accessible to students

• Aids in creating accessible web sites for students with vision or motor impairment

• Section 508 violations can be identified in pages built with GoLive

• Teachers can create a web page for their courses that allow students with disabilities to access information

Adobe contains many products that enables

students with disabilities access to

electronic documents, forms and web

pages. Educators can also use these products to

create these PDF files, forms, and sites that

provides technology to assist their students