Adobe Acrobat 8 How-Tos: 125 Essential Techniques

Chapter Seven. Enhancing PDF Accessibility

Acrobat 8 offers a range of options, tests, tools, and wizards that allow users who are visually or motion-impaired to work with PDF documents. For example, did you know that Acrobat has a Read Aloud feature that translates text to spoken words? Or that you can use the Accessibility wizard to set a range of different program preferences and settings at one time? If you are preparing documents, you can use run tests and read reports that explain how to make your files more accessible. Tags are a key element of making documents accessible and compliant with the Rehabilitation Act, which requires electronic and information technology to be accessible to those with disabilities. Acrobat contains a number ...