Articles and Research

Understanding WCAG 2.0 2.1 and 2.2 in PDF Documents

This episode of Chax Chat discusses what you need to know when transitioning from WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ) 2.0, 2.1 and getting ready for WCAG 2.2 for your PDF documents. Chad and Dax cover: 1.4.10 Reflow AA – Users with low vision who need to make things larger. The content will wrap inside the viewport instead of causing horizontal scroll. 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast AA: Extends 3:1 contrast minimums to important graphical information, visible focus indicators and other interactive controls when those indicators are necessary to identify the control as interactive. 1.4.12 Text Spacing – people think this applies to PDF but it does not. Listen to the podcast to learn why. 2.5.8 Pointer Target Spacing (AA) – The size of the target for pointer inputs is at least 44 CSS pixels 3.2.6 Consistent Findable Help (A) – Contact info in footer consistently 3.3.7 Redundant Entry (A) – Fillable forms with repeat entries should have the same Field Name.