Trillions of documents online are in PDF format, but only a small amount of these PDF
documents include the necessary markup to make them accessible for people with …

Most PDF documents are inaccessible for people with disabilities, creating barriers in
education, science, commerce, e-government, and recreation. Documents in PDF format are …

Our research is delivered as Portable Document Format (PDF) documents, and very few
include basic metadata to make them accessible to people with disabilities. As a result …

Academic articles are commonly published in Portable Document Format (PDF). However,
for many people with visual impairments, PDF formats present significant accessibility …

Relevant literature focusing on the accessibility of electronic documents (eg, PDFs) has
been increasing in recent years. Despite its significance, paradoxically, scientific articles …

People with disabilities, especially those who are blind, rely on assistive technologies to
read information on the web. When this information does not conform to accessibility …

Two hundred portable document format (PDF) articles from four Web of Science‐indexed
disability‐related journals were analysed to assess their accessibility. Fifty articles from each …

While much of the discussion on digital accessibility focuses on web accessibility,
accessibility of PDF files is an ongoing but frequently overlooked challenge. The guidelines …

Digital materials have become a popular medium for information access, and attracted a
diverse group of users, such as college students, who benefit from the low cost of, and …

Many countries, provinces and states have legislation mandating the accessibility of
documents and formatted content. There are now existing and emerging standards for …