Adobe and accessibility
Adobe helps organizations achieve accessibility goals while offering anytime, anywhere access to information.
Adobe is committed to pursuing technological advances that promote accessibility for people with disabilities. Adobe has demonstrated this commitment through partnerships with companies such as Dolphin Computer Access, Freedom Scientific, GW Micro, and Watchfire™WebXACT™, and participation in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) efforts. For more information, view the Adobe Accessibility Initiatives fact sheet.
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Accessibility in the news
The new features and enhancements in Adobe® Acrobat® 6.0 make it easier for users with disabilities to access, read, and use Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) documents and forms and for authors to create and distribute electronic content that is optimized for accessibility.
Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and accessibility at a glance
Discover the many new accessibility features available with the Acrobat 6.0 family.
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Voluntary product accessibility templates (VPATs)
View or download documents that detail the accessibility features — as contained in Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act — of key Adobe products.
Featured Adobe products
Adobe Acrobat 6.0 accessibility
Learn about new accessibility features in Acrobat 6.0 such as:
- Read Adobe PDF files aloud using standard operating system text-to-speech functionality
- Exercise greater control when using MSAA-compliant screen readers
- Quickly evaluate the accessibility of an Adobe PDF file
- Create accessible Adobe PDF documents and forms in less time with improved tools
- Reduce the size of tagged Adobe PDF files for faster download times
- Take advantage of Japanese language support
Adobe PDF Forms Access
Adobe specifically designed Adobe PDF Forms Access to make fillable Adobe PDF forms accessible to those with visual impairments. One of four tools bundled with the Adobe Acrobat Capture® Agent Pack, this utility can be used within an automated workflow or as a separate utility if you don’t have Acrobat Capture.
Adobe Form Designer
Adobe Form Designer is a design tool that simplifies the creation of intelligent XML form templates for deployment as accessible Adobe PDF or HTML (aHTML) forms. The graphical interface enables authors to create forms that replicate their paper counterparts quickly and easily.
Adobe GoLive 6.0 accessibility
Find out how Adobe GoLive® 6.0 can help you create accessible Web sites, and download a plug-in that automatically identifies Section 508 violations in Web pages built with GoLive.
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