Making sure your PDF/UA PDF is actually PDFUA
summary
Shows a repeatable workflow to take a tagged PDF and prove it meets PDF/UA rather than assume it does, using Adobe Acrobat Accessibility Checker, PAC 2.0, PDF goHTML (Callas) and CommonLook Validator. Demonstrates on a U.S. memo: Acrobat catches low-hanging issues, PAC finds deeper tag and navigation errors, CommonLook produces the final conformance report and editable HTML output. The workflow uncovers missed logical reading order and color-contrast checks and results in a verifiable PDF/UA pass.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 1:42Understanding PDF standards
- 4:48Principles of accessible PDFs
- 9:25Defining the scope of PDF/UA
- 14:07Preparing for document testing
- 16:45Using the Acrobat accessibility checker
- 20:03Verifying content with PDF Go HTML
- 23:03Advanced validation with PAC 2.0
- 25:34Reporting with CommonLook
- 31:31Conclusion and Q&A
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