DISABILITIES: ACCESSABILITY COMPUTER MEDIA AND INTERNET : DISABILITIES: BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT : SOFTWARE: WORD PROCESSING: PDF DOCUMENTS : SOFTWARE: SCREEN READING SOFTWARE: Facilitation of Reading .PDF Documents with Screen Reading Software
David P. Dillard
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DISABILITIES: ACCESSABILITY COMPUTER MEDIA AND INTERNET :
DISABILITIES: BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT :
SOFTWARE: WORD PROCESSING: PDF DOCUMENTS :
SOFTWARE: SCREEN READING SOFTWARE:
Facilitation of Reading .PDF Documents with Screen Reading Software
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Facilitation of Reading .PDF Documents with Screen Reading Software
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These are some sources that may give information that is useful regarding
reading .pdf documents with screen reading software:
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For People Who Use Screen Reading Software
http://www.dors.state.md.us/DORS/AboutDORS/Accessibility/JAWS.htm
1. Web Page Navigation
2. PDF Files
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The Accessibility of Four Types of Electronic Documents
Accessible PDF Documents
A PDF file needs to contain tags. Tagging a PDF structures the file into
chapters, headings, blocks of text, tables, and alt tags for graphics. This
makes for easier navigation with screen readers and magnification applications.
A scanned document into a picture PDF (bitmap) has no tags. A PDF document
converted from a Word document can contain tags. This is depends, again, on
the author.
http://www.tsbvi.edu/blog/otrtech/category/screen-reading-software/
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Reading PDF Documents with Adobe Reader 6.0
A Guide for People with Disabilities
[PDF]
Reading PDF Documents with Adobe Reader 6.0
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_cg_ue.pdf
Section Six: Using Screen Readers
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Accessible (508) PDF Forms
HHS.gov
http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/webstandards/508pdfforms.html
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Connecticut Department of Labor
BROWSER AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/gendocs/pdf-instructions.html
PDF to HTML Format Converter
Adobe provides resources for visually impaired users to facilitate the use of
screen readers with PDF documents. The tool below converts PDF documents
on-the-fly to an HTML format that is immediately returned to your browser.
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Debunking the Myth of PDF Inaccessibility
Accessible PDFs - What You Need to Know
Presented by Adobe and AFBC
Monday, April 5, 2010
1 - 2:30 p.m. (EDT) [5 - 6:30 p.m. GMT]
Darren Burton and Amy Salmon
AFB Consulting
www.afbconsulting.org
American Foundation for the Blind
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afb.org%2Fafbconsulting%2Fpodcast%2FAFBC_
Adobe_WebinarPresentation%2520April%2520-10_Rev%25201.2.doc&ei=
mZvJTvKrKsbz0gHpq40b&usg=
AFQjCNHI62bAkoyEf41dv9fK5HK69BmRsQ&sig2=G_jbubKTSaGtrtyb6HQAcQ
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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Reading and Accessing Adobe PDF's with JAWS
By Mikal Hensarling, ACS/Adaptive Tech Support
http://www.unt.edu/benchmarks/archives/2006/august06/jaws.htm
JAWS 7.0 (newly arrived on campus) gives one the ability to read Adobe PDF's
with this screen-reading software. This is a major step forward in online
accessibility and should be especially helpful to our UNT students with vision
issues who are taking WebCT courses and also checking out other information and
forms on the UNT website. Below is a tutorial - based on documentation by
Freedom Scientific - about reading PDF's with JAWS 7.0 and also checking PDFs
for disability compliance issues.
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Chapter:
Computers Helping People with Special Needs
A Flexible Software Architecture Concept
for the Creation of Accessible PDF Documents
Author:
Darvishy, Alireza
Book:
Computers Helping People with Special Needs,
Part I: 12th International Conference, ICCHP 2010,
Vienna, Austria, July 14-16, 2010. Proceedings
ISBN:
3-642-14096-3, 978-3-642-14096-9
Date:
2010
Page:
47
Place:
Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher:
Springer
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_8
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Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction.
Applications and Services Survey:
Improving Document Accessibility from the Blind
and Visually Impaired Users Point of View
Author:
Dorigo, Martin
Journal:
Lecture notes in computer science
ISSN:
0302-9743
Date:
2011
Volume:
6768
Page:
129
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-21657-2_14
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Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction.
Applications and Services Web Application
for Analysis, Manipulation and Generation
of Accessible PDF Documents
Author:
Darvishy, Alireza
Journal:
Lecture notes in computer science
ISSN:
0302-9743
Date:
2011
Volume:
6768
Page:
121
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-21657-2_13
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Digital exclusion: coming out from behind closed doors
Author:
Watling, Sue
Journal:
Disability and society
ISSN:
0968-7599
Date:
06/2011
Volume:
26
Issue:
4
Page:
491
DOI:
10.1080/09687599.2011.567802
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Electronic Document Delivery:
Improving Access or Erecting Barriers?
Author:
Thompson, Terry
Journal:
Journal of access services
ISSN:
1536-7967
Date:
02/2009
Volume:
6
Issue:
1-2
Page:
295
DOI:
10.1080/15367960802301069
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Assistive technology in teacher-training programs:
A national and international perspective
Author:
Safhi, MY
Journal:
Journal of visual impairment and blindness
ISSN:
0145-482X
Date:
2009
Volume:
103
Issue:
9
Page:
7
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Evaluating accessibility features of tutorial creation software
Author:
Wakimoto, Diana K.
Journal:
Library hi tech
ISSN:
0737-8831
Date:
2011
Volume:
29
Issue:
1
Page:
122
DOI:
10.1108/07378831111116958
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Perception of Synthetic and Natural Speech
by Adults with Visual Impairments
Author:
Papadopoulos, K
Journal:
Journal of visual impairment and blindness
ISSN:
0145-482X
Date:
2009
Volume:
103
Issue:
7
Page:
403
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How Well Do Academic Library Web Sites
Address the Needs of Database Users
with Visual Disabilities?
Author:
Power, Rebecca
Journal:
The Reference librarian
ISSN:
0276-3877
Date:
01/2009
Volume:
50
Issue:
1
Page:
55
DOI:
10.1080/02763870802546399
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Disabilities and e-learning problems and solutions:
An exploratory study
Author:
Fichten, CS
Journal:
Educational technology and society
ISSN:
1176-3647
Date:
2009
Volume:
12
Issue:
4
Page:
241
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E-learning and blindness:
a comparative study of the quality of an e-learning experience
Author:
Evans, S
Journal:
Journal of visual impairment and blindness
ISSN:
0145-482X
Date:
2008
Volume:
102
Issue:
2
Page:
77
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Improving Screencast Accessibility
for People With Disabilities:
Guidelines and Techniques
Author:
Oud, Joanne
Journal:
Internet reference services quarterly
ISSN:
1087-5301
Date:
07/2011
Volume:
16
Issue:
3
Page:
129
DOI:
10.1080/10875301.2011.602304
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Revisiting breadth vs. depth
in menu structures for blind users of screen
readers
Author:
Hochheiser, H
Journal:
Interacting with computers
ISSN:
0953-5438
Date:
2010
Volume:
22
Issue:
5
Page:
389
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Access to print literacy for children and young people
with visual impairment:
findings from a review of literature
Author:
Douglas, Graeme
Journal:
European journal of special needs education
ISSN:
0885-6257
Date:
02/2011
Volume:
26
Issue:
1
Page:
25
DOI:
10.1080/08856257.2011.543543
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Blood Glucose Meters That Are Accessible
to Blind and Visually Impaired Persons
Author:
Uslan, MM
Journal:
Journal of diabetes science and technology
Date:
2008
Volume:
2
Issue:
2
Page:
284
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The relationship among frequency and type of internet use,
perceived social support, and sense of well-being
in individuals with visual impairments
Author:
Smedema, Susan Miller
Journal:
Disability and rehabilitation
ISSN:
0963-8288
Date:
01/2010
Volume:
32
Issue:
4
Page:
317
DOI:
10.3109/09638280903095908
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Advanced IT Education for the Vision Impaired via e-Learning
Author:
Armstrong, HL
Journal:
Journal of information technology education
ISSN:
1547-9714
Date:
2009
Volume:
8
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