How to make your PDF/A conversion easier

The first Apple iPhone (1st generation), which was termed ‘revolutionary’ was released in 2007 with the slogan ‘Apple reinvents the phone’. While many of us are using Apple iPhones now, it is doubtful that anyone is using the 1st generation anymore. 2 years before the iPhone unveiling event, PDF/A-1 was released in the form of … Read more

Barrierefreie PDF und Office – aktueller Stand

Mit den Bordmitteln von Microsoft Office oder LibreOffice ist die Erstellung von vollständig barrierefreie PDF-Dokumente nach WCAG oder PDF/UA nach wie vor nicht möglich. Mit jeder neuen Programmversion gibt es aber Kleinigkeiten, die sich verbessert haben. Der Vortrag (in deutscher Sprache) bietet ein Update der aktuellen Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Office-Anwendungen Microsoft Word, Excel und … Read more

ABBYY FineReader PDF: solving document challenges across organization through individual efficiency

ABBYY FineReader PDF: solving document challenges across the organization through individual efficiency Document-related needs vary across industries, jobs, and even individual organizations and employees. Although mostly done digital, today’s document workflows are still heavily mixed, causing various challenges for information workers. Individual document fluency is a key for improving overall organization-wide workforce effectiveness FineReader PDF … Read more

Why is making a PDF/UA document accessible so hard?

A common complaint about making documents accessible is too hard for most. This session will explore many of the common challenges faced by people learning how to make PDF/UA compliant documents. This presentation promotes the use of PDFs and explains best practices that have developed in the industry to significantly reduce the cost, complexity, and … Read more

3 ways to climb the PDF accessibility mountain

How do you get the fastest from the source document to the accessible PDF? We present 3 ways that help you to find the best PDF accessibility strategy for your organisation. You will learn the advantages and disadvantages of the different ways as well as using the decision matrix to build up your PDF accessibility … Read more

Harnessing the Power of Open Standards in Manufacturing

Leading global manufacturers are realizing substantial performance benefits by embracing open data standards as the foundation of their Model Based Enterprise and Digital Transformation strategies.  This empowers more effective and secure data exchange and collaboration throughout engineering, manufacturing, supply-chain and field-service operations. Anark has deployed effective Model Based Enterprise (MBE) enabled Digital Thread solutions for … Read more

What about an update of the WCAG Techniques for PDF?

Since December 2018 some of the world’s most trusted PDF accessibility experts work together to create atomic examples of WCAG 2.1 compliant PDF files. We report about the current status. You will get to know the basic concept as well as a lot of practical examples for failing and passing files.