PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) 2.0 Check PDF documents for ISO Standard PDF/UA conformity

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PAC 2.0 is the first PDF/UA validation tool in the world. PAC 2.0 allows to check PDF documents for accessibility incompliance with the ISO-Standard 14289-1:2012-07, known as PDF/UA (Universal Accessibility).

PDF/UA ensures user experience at its best. Only high quality accessible PDFs can be processed by assistive technology* (AT) such that they can be read and navigated by persons with disabilities.

0 error only represent technical accessibility. The inspection catalog for PDF/UA conformity (The Matterhorn Protocol) comprises 136 error conditions of which 108 are clearly automatically testable. PAC 2.0 lets you check them at a click.

PAC 2.0 supports you in the complementary manual checks. Additional visual checks regarding semantics and logical reading order are essential. For your assistance PAC 2.0 comes with a Preview and a detailed structural view. * A Free AT for blind people is the screen reader NVDA, one for persons with visual impairments is the VIP PDF-Reader.

Overview: Evaluation tools

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(1) Technical check (Start) Click Start for automated error checking. View the summary report (Results).

(2) Detailed report (Report) Analyze the specific errors in the document based on the detailed report.

(3) Screenreader Preview Use the simplified structural view to quickly evaluate the quality of the document semantics and the reading order.

(4) Document Statistics Get an overview of the used structural elements.

(5) Logical Structure - Expert view Inspect the entire document structure in its details. Different views allow to specifically inspect tags, their properties, role allocations and let you display their locations in the document.

Step 1: Check for technical accessibility

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(1) Load PDF document: Click the Browse button and select the file you want to check or move it in the path selection field by drag&drop.

(2) Start automated checks: Click the Start button.

(3) Summary report: Results: You get an overview of 11 error condition categories, each indicating how many passes (green check marks), warnings (yellow danger signs) and fails (red cross marks) have been identified.

(4) Conclusion The compact score overview helps you quickly assess the quality of the checked document.

(5) Display detailed report Clicking the Report button will bring you to a detailed list of all the error conditions. Click them to analyze the errors in the document.

Step 2: Inspect the detailed report (Report)

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In the detailed report you are presented with the error analysis according to the PDF/UA test criteria as a nested list (on the left), with the actual error message (top right) and with the magnified error location within the document.

Tip: Magnify the application window for optimal page display.

Step 3: Preview for a quick check of the document structure

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Click the Screenreader Preview button to open the preview.

The colored content blocks help visualizing the document structure and allow to quickly check for correct semantics and logical reading order.

Step 4: Document statistics for quick overall checks

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Click the Document Statistics button to get an overview of the structural elements of your document and get an impression of its semantic diversity.

This view allows you to get a quick impression of the overall quality of your PDF document.

Step 5: Analyze the document structure Expert view for detailed analysis of the tag-tree

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Click the Logical Structure button to get a tree-like representation of the entire PDF-tag-structure (tag-tree).

For experts, this is especially useful to use in combination with other views: a. Properties tab Adequacy of the tag-

properties? b. Page View tab Accordance of logical and

visual structures? c. Rolemap tab Adequacy of the role-

allocations?

Tip: Shortcuts for quick navigation within the document structure

Shortcut Description

Home Beginning of tag-structure

End End of tag-structure

Down arrow Next element

Up arrow Previous element

Right arrow Expand element

Left arrow Collapse element

Ctrl + Down arrow Next child element

Ctrl + Up arrow Previous parent element

F3 Next element of its kind

Shift + F3 Previous element of its kind

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Download PAC 2.0 & further useful information

PAC 2.0 (PDF/UA Accessibility Checker): Download

http://www.access-for-all.ch/en/pdf-lab/pdf-accessibility-checker-pac.html

Contacthttp://www.access-for-all.ch/en/kontakt.html

PDF/UA Publications: PDF/UA ISO-Standard 14289-1:2012-07

http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=54564

Matterhorn Protocol 1.0 (2013-08)http://www.pdfa.org/2013/08/the-matterhorn-protocol-1-0/

Assistive technologies: For blind people

Screen reader NVDA Version 2013.1.1http://www.nvaccess.org/download/

Screen reader JAWS Version 14.0http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-downloads.asp

For visually impaired persons VIP PDF-Reader Version 1.2

http://www.szb.ch/index.php?id=1269&L=3

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PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) 2.0Check PDF documents for ISO Standard PDF/UA conformityOverview: Evaluation toolsStep 1: Check for technical accessibilityStep 2: Inspect the detailed report (Report)Step 3: Preview for a quick check of the document structureStep 4: Document statistics for quick overall checksStep 5: Analyze the document structure Expert view for detailed analysis of the tag-treeTip: Shortcuts for quick navigation within the document structureDownload PAC 2.0 & further useful information