Document processing for accessibility: standards and initiatives

G Ioannidis, D Crombie, FM Calvo… - … Conference on Computers …, 2006 - Springer
This paper presents the Document Processing for Accessibility Workshop that is held at
CEN/ISSS and summarizes its findings so far. It focuses on standards and initiatives that …

The use of current content management systems for accessibility

L Burzagli, M Billi, F Gabbanini, P Graziani… - … Helping People with …, 2004 - Springer
Accessibility tries to avoid introducing in web pages any kind of barriers that might prevent
their being understood by disabled users. Content Management Systems are a widespread …

Information Center on Accessible Information

K Matausch, B Peböck - Computers Helping People with Special Needs …, 2008 - Springer
Different legal bases such as the Federal Discrimination Act on People with Disabilities and
the eGovernment law show the importance of web accessibility and it is well known that …

How interdisciplinary teams created company-wide section 508 accessibility guidelines for writers

S Jackson - Proceedings of the 21st annual international …, 2003 - dl.acm.org
In June 2001, the US Government began requiring information technology to be accessible
for purchase to people with disabilities. The legislation introducing this requirement, Section …

Making accessible PDF documents

H Devine, A Gonzalez, M Hardy - … of the 11th ACM symposium on …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
Accessibility features in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) help facilitate access to
electronic information for people with disabilities. This workshop explores how to create …

Accessibility and the next generation of web development tools: Introduction to the special thematic session

CA Velasco - … Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons, 2004 - Springer
This session introduces a series of papers that present new perspectives to support the
industry in its quest to support a wider variety of users. Through them, we will learn how …

Software, Web and Document Accessibility: Introduction to the Special Thematic Session

N Rajh, M Debevc, K Höckner, R Koutny… - … on Computers Helping …, 2024 - Springer
This STS prolongs the long-lasting series of publications focusing on digital accessibility as
one of the key pillars of ICCHP since its start in 1987. This session consists of a wide range …

A strategic approach to document accessibility: integrating PDF/UA into your electronic content

A Spencer, K McCall - Computers Helping People with Special Needs …, 2014 - Springer
Many countries, provinces and states have legislation mandating the accessibility of
documents and formatted content. There are now existing and emerging standards for …

Accessiblenews daisy: newspapers in daisy

G Kanvinde, S Gupta - Proceedings of the International Cross …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
Reading newspapers and magazines becomes difficult and dreary task for people with
visual impairment and print disabilities. As a result, this important avenue for increasing …

Survey: Improving document accessibility from the blind and visually impaired user's point of view

M Dorigo, B Harriehausen-Mühlbauer, I Stengel… - … FL, USA, July 9-14, 2011 …, 2011 - Springer
There are thousands of digital documents available on the internet, but many of them are not
accessible for blind and visually impaired people. To find out what is of importance as to the …