PDF: Fully Accessible (Portable Document Format: Fully Accessible)
AIM-VA’s PDF:Fully Accessible file is a PDF that was converted directly from a structured WORD document. These documents look exactly like Word documents and are annotatable, readable by text-to-speech software, and are optimized by adding additional accessibility features to the file, like “tags”. A tag contains information such as header locations, hyperlinks, and alternative text descriptions for graphics. PDF:Fully Accessible files can be opened using a wide variety of programs on computer, tablet and other mobile devices.
Accessibility Features
- Compatible with text-to-speech programs
- Includes content related graphics, programmed with alternate text descriptions
- Alternate text can be read aloud using text-to-speech programs
- Font style matches the original text (i.e. bold, italics, underline)
- Page numbers correspond to the page numbers of the printed text
- Footnotes are positioned within text to provide greater understanding of content
- Text is “Reflowable”, optimizing it to fit the page regardless of font size
- Most PDF readers will have a series of additional beneficial features such as:
- Highlights text as it is read for improved comprehension
- Contains note taking features like in text highlighting and commenting
- Bookmarking and electronic navigation
Works With:
- Adobe Reader
- Text-to-speech programs such as: Kurzweil 1000 and 3000, read&write, KAMI
- Literacy software such as: WYNN