Portable Document Format or PDF is a popular file format that can be used to store electronic documents and images. It’s most commonly used to help companies develop different types of documents, including signs, logos, brochures, certificates, e-books and much more.
PDFs are powerful resources for communicating information, but if not accessible to everyone, they pose a threat of lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA applies not only to PDFs hosted on a website or other digital medium, but also when you’re working on official files in Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Be sure to check that your PDFs contain appropriate alt-text descriptions for images and don’t cause accessibility issues. Alternatively, use web based software like Google Docs so your documents are editable by everyone!
Optume Technologies helps businesses in the digital publishing industry to ensure document accessibility compliance with Section 508, WCAG, and AODA guidelines by providing end-to-end PDF accessibility services. To be sure all of your documents are fully accessible to disabled people as well as users of public computers like at libraries or schools we offer user driven methodologies using an accessibility-first approach to ensure you have everything covered.
- HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
If you don’t know who to turn to when it comes to your digital accessibility needs, the professionals at Optume Technologies are here to help. The Optume Digital Accessibility Compliance Report for example is specifically designed for businesses and organizations who have questions about legal compliance. Optume Technologies offers turn-key solutions as well as customized solutions that meet any and all of your business’ needs.
The Adobe Acrobat PDF specification outlines a standard for alt-tags to be embedded in images. These tags act as tooltips when the mouse hovers over the image and also aid people who use screen readers which read aloud content to visually impaired users. We ensure that all required alt-tags are included for every image on your site. All of our WordPress themes and standard brochure-type document templates have been tested against 508 compliance as outlined by the US Government so you can feel assured that the texts and flow of information accurately represent the author’s meaning.
- Interactive PDF Creation
- Tagging in InDesign
- Fixing alt tags in PDF
- Editing through PITSTOP
- Alt-text placement in Indesign/PDF
- Inserting Tooltips
- Compliance testing
- Fixing and verification
- Run through the screen reader.
We ensure that your organization’s documents are accessible in accordance with all industry standards by combining unbeatable knowledge, unparalleled technology and a dedication to only the most ingenious services on the market.
- OUR PDF ACCESSIBILITY CREATION/REMEDIATION PROCESS
Our PDF remediation team reads over a document in its entirety and adds tags to it where a user might “pause” or wait. The team also looks for words that are not easily understandable by the visually impaired by simply adding an alt tag for them. Our remediation service guarantees that documents are up to Section 508, WCAG 2.1, and other requirements-based compliance standards.
Optume Technologies’s PDF Accessibility services comprises of several procedures and a test panel that include checking, repairing and compliant processing of PDF files. We have successfully resolved all types of unaccessible documents such as Handbooks, Directories, Brochures, Flyers Textbooks, Fillable Forms, Stamps etc for worldwide clients.
- You give us your documents.
- We create, remediate, and test using JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver.
- We deliver WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1, PDF/UA, ADA, and Section 508 compliant documents.
If you have documents that require accessibility management, we can act as a trusted partner resource to ensure timely, reliable, and affordable PDF accessibility services worldwide. As a partners, our goal is to deliver content that is easy to use regardless of your current situation or what language you speak. Our accessibility services go beyond basic compliance requirements by providing accessible PDF files. A good example of an accessible PDF document would be one containing specific text reading out information on the page such as coordinates or menu items for example. Alt-text services manage content containing images and offer screenshots of images available in websites. We offer accessibility services in all languages, including alt-text writing.