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Re: - Announcing Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF)

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Mar 11, 2024 1:00PM

Hi Doug,

I fully appreciate that want! :-)

The PDF Association will shortly (a matter of days) publish a Q & A covering WTPDF, PDF/UA-2, etc… and we’ll be happy to expand it as questions arise.

To date there’s not much software implementing WTPDF (or PDF 2.0 for that matter)… so this isn’t an immanent subject for laypeople. On the other hand, software development is a fast-moving target, and I already aware of several major implementations working on support.

Duff.


> On Mar 11, 2024, at 14:52, Hayman, Douglass < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Thanks for sharing that Duff,
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> Downloaded and read it as best I could. Wanted the layperson's executive summary after reading it, especially if I was going to attempt to talk with someone on our campus already struggling with creating accessible PDFs, like those who only know about "save as PDF" and nothing about tags or assistive technology.
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> Doug Hayman
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> Olympic College
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> All,
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> The PDF Association has finally released Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF), a new specification for accessibility in PDF 2.0 files.
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> Ten years in the making, this new specification is mirrored in the forthcoming ISO 14289-2 (PDF/UA-2).
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> Read the announcement and download WTPDF!
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> https://pdfa.org/game-changing-new-free-specification-enables-interoperable-reuse-and-accessibility-for-pdf/
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