{"id":14999,"date":"2020-11-19T17:25:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T22:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/3-tips-for-creating-accessible-ada-compliant-pdfs\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:05:12","slug":"3-tips-for-creating-accessible-ada-compliant-pdfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/3-tips-for-creating-accessible-ada-compliant-pdfs\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips for Creating Accessible &#038; ADA Compliant PDFs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-dark alignfull p-post-header has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background is-style-dark--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-image:url(&#039;\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/media\/backgrounds\/hero-wave-blog.svg&#039;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost is-style-reversed is-style-ghost--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/blog\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aligngrid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-008400e6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;\" class=\"is-style-category wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">Legislation &amp; Compliance<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">3 Tips for Creating Accessible &#038; ADA Compliant PDFs<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9116416d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/author\/ajbeltis\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Aj Beltis<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2022<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-10-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2020-11-19T17:25:19+00:00\">November 19, 2020<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"alignfull alignfull wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/USFSP-Deep-Dive-Header-Image-2.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:1rem;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USFSP-Deep-Dive-Header-Image-2.png 1400w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USFSP-Deep-Dive-Header-Image-2-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USFSP-Deep-Dive-Header-Image-2-1024x402.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USFSP-Deep-Dive-Header-Image-2-768x302.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n                                                <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The portable document format, or PDF, is a staple for companies that want to share custom-designed content to a wide audience without building a website or racking up a fortune in printing costs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, a standard PDF may lack key accessibility features that many people require to fully comprehend the content in a PDF.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With approximately<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/statistics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 300 million colorblind people<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world today and an additional <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5820628\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250 million people with visual impairment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, PDFs could be ineffective or outright useless for a good amount of your potential readership. That\u2019s why your organization should be following the recommended best practices to make your PDF documents accessible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22004 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-87.png\" alt=\"PDF Document\" width=\"161\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-87.png 150w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-87-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/span>PDF accessibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the process of making your PDF files \u201caccessible to everyone, providing all users access to the same information, regardless of the impairments they may have or the method they may use,\u201d according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daxjcastro?lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dax Castro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Castro, an Adobe-Certified PDF Accessibility Trainer and a member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals, explained some of his tips for creating accessible PDFs during his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/max.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 Adobe MAX<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> presentation, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/max\/2020\/sessions\/pdf-accessibility-for-ada-compliance-s6809.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which you can click here to watch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re short on time, read on for a quick overview of his proven suggestions for making PDFs meet accessibility standards, such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdfa.org\/resource\/pdfua-in-a-nutshell\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDF\/UA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/standards-guidelines\/wcag\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WCAG<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to ensure everyone is able to fully appreciate and understand the contents of your PDFs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Use Compliance Variation Tools<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22005 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-66.png\" alt=\"Check mark\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-66.png 150w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-66-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Getting started with PDF accessibility isn\u2019t the most intuitive process, but Dax outlined a framework for working towards compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check contents using an automated tool.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conduct a manual check.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test using a screen reader<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For automated tools, Dax suggested the following:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/accessibility\/products\/acrobat\/using-acrobat-pro-accessibility-checker.html\"><b>The Acrobat Accessibility Checker<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For those making their PDFs in Acrobat, there\u2019s a built-in tool to ensure you\u2019re on track to meet accessibility standards. For example, it will give you a check mark or an X next to something that has passed or failed, respectively. Dax suggests using the checker as a starting point as opposed to a final check, saying \u201cit allows you to make sure that you\u2019ve hit most of the big items.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_21990\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21990\" class=\"wp-image-21990 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-19-at-4.59.39-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Accessibility Checker Panel\" width=\"381\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-19-at-4.59.39-PM.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-19-at-4.59.39-PM-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-19-at-4.59.39-PM-129x150.jpg 129w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-19-at-4.59.39-PM-65x75.jpg 65w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-19-at-4.59.39-PM-174x202.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/accessibility\/products\/acrobat\/using-acrobat-pro-accessibility-checker.html\">Image Source<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pdfua.foundation\/en\/pdf-accessibility-checker-pac\/\"><b>PAC 3<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Dax notes PAC 3 is \u201ca great PDF\/UA checker, and it\u2019s free.\u201d The tool also presents you with screenshots of where your document is not compliant.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the manual check, PDF creators should test using a screen reader tool \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a text-to-speech tool (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this tip was Dax\u2019s final CTA for his presentation \u2013 so if you remember anything from this article, remember that!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Specifically, Dax highlighted these tools as the most widely-used options:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/accessibility\/mac\/vision\/\"><b>Apple Voiceover<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Apple Voiceover makes content more accessible on iPhones, iPads, and Macs, as the feature is integrated in all Apple products at no additional charge.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvaccess.org\/download\/\"><b>NVDA<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For PC users, NVDA is a free screen reader which Dax describes as \u201ca little more basic,\u201d but \u201ca little more popular,\u201d than JAWS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomscientific.com\/products\/software\/jaws\/\"><b>JAWS<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Also for PC users, JAWS is a paid, but \u201cmore robust\u201d screen reading tool compared to NVDA.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know Your Accessibility Barriers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22006 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-36.png\" alt=\"Decorative dots\" width=\"142\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-36.png 150w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-36-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/>On a PDF, accessibility barriers are any features of the document that someone with a vision impairment may be unable to read or understand \u2013 even with the help of a screen reader or an accessibility tool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While designing your PDF, consider all <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/accessibility-best-practice-designing-for-disabilities\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accessibility best practices<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Specifically, keep the following attributes of your document in mind before publishing it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Color as a Differentiator:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> No content in your document should reference color as a means for understanding. For example, let\u2019s say you include a chart in your PDF and highlight a cell in blue, and in a paragraph discussing the table\u2019s contents, you reference \u201cthe cell in blue\u201d without speaking to that cell\u2019s actual contents. This would be a violation of PDF accessibility best practices, as a screen reader can\u2019t pick up the cell\u2019s color.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Text as Image:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s tempting to use an image of text rather than text itself, especially for logos or other on-brand needs. In the case where it\u2019s absolutely unavoidable, make sure you include the full text within the image in the image alt-text.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Tables:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For the sake of convenience, you might take a screenshot of a table you made in Excel or on Canva and include it in your PDF. Doing so renders the table unreadable for those using screen readers. Instead, make sure you create the table in your PDF maker and properly tag its contents. Dax outlines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bo60TEE2oyA\">how to make accessible tables in InDesign in this video<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fxfx_c5oCNE\">how to make accessible charts and graphs in this video<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dax also outlines other areas to take note of for accessibility purposes, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Font.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Language.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Color blindness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Color contrast (use tools like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/color.adobe.com\/create\/color-accessibility\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Color.adobe.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to see if the contrast ratio meets accessibility needs).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structural relationships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formulas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Images.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Review InDesign and Acrobat Accessibility Features<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22007 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-23.png\" alt=\"Swirl\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-23.png 150w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-23-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/>When making a PDF in Adobe InDesign, there are features that allow creators to set up the document to meet accessibility standards within the tool \u2013 specifically before the PDF is uploaded to Acrobat. Some of these features include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Setting titles and meta data, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which easily identifies important document info like author and document language.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Creating custom alt-text <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to accurately describe a picture\u2019s contents and enable you to set hyperlink alt-text in InDesign rather than Acrobat.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Identifying header rows in tables<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for easy reading of data when later opened in Acrobat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Automatically generating a table of contents, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which creates bookmarks within a PDF for longer-length documents.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acrobat comes with even more features to help you meet PDF accessibility standards, such as:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Set PFD\/UA flag, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which acts as a marker to remediate your document \u201cto the PDF\/UA standard.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Manually check color contrast and colorblind compatibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the included Color Contrast Analyzer (CCA), which will alert you to a pass or fail of accessibility checker.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Artifact untagged elements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that must be \u201cartifacted in accordance with PDF\/UA,\u201d such as table borders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making PDFs Accessible<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDF accessibility remains an important topic \u2013 but with clear guidelines from WCAG and PDF\/UA, in conjunction with a suite of tools from software companies like Adobe, it\u2019s easier to master than ever before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more of Dax\u2019s insights on PDF accessibility, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/max\/2020\/sessions\/pdf-accessibility-for-ada-compliance-s6809.html\">watch <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his full presentation from the 2020 Adobe MAX presentation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16739 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CTA-corporate-event-videos.png\" alt=\"Start Captioning Today or learn more about 3Play Media.\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CTA-corporate-event-videos.png 700w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CTA-corporate-event-videos-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CTA-corporate-event-videos-600x214.png 600w, 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