Author: Ramya Venkitesh

Head - Accessibility New Initiatives, Actively involved in formulating new ideas to create Innovative Accessible Solutions across all Disabilities.

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Simplifying Accessibility Remediation of Document – Meet 247 Accessible Documents at CSUN 2023

Are you looking to provide accessible documents to your customers including people with disabilities? One of the challenges for most website owners, is making documents accessible! Whether they are brochures, white papers, annual reports, product documentation, user manuals, these all need to be accessible to people with disabilities also! If you provide a document on […]

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3 Resources for Creating Accessible PDFs

PDF is one of the most widely used format to share information on the web. Corporates, Government organizations, educational institutes share information in the form of annual reports, books, brochures, publications or even user manuals on the web as PDF files. The question that often gets asked is that are PDFs accessible to people with […]

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Why Digital Agencies should make their Annual Reports Accessible?

In our fast-paced, digital world, it’s easy to overlook the importance of making sure that everyone can access and understand the content that we create. But it’s vital that we do. For digital agencies, this is especially important when it comes to creating annual reports. There are several compelling reasons why digital agencies need to […]

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Adding Alternative Text Description to Images in a Word Document

Word is a user-friendly word processing application that is used on a daily basis to create manuals, brochures, flyers, reports, notes, white papers, case studies. One of the essential step to make your word document accessible to all is by providing alternate text description to the images in your word document. Screen readers cannot analyze and […]

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Planning for Document Accessibility

Most organizations have thousands of documents, the list is endless. Organizations are struggling to create a plan and to remediate existing documents and ensure that all new content created is accessible. At 247 Accessible Documents, after working on more that 2 million documents, we know how to assist organizations to create a strategy & a plan […]

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Accessible Documents Education

Let’s solve the problem of Accessible Textbooks

One of the main concerns for students with disability at the start of the school year is ensuring that they are provided with accessible learning materials for their coursework.   The solution is often that the student goes to the Disability Support Services team and requests for accessible versions of the textbooks they are prescribed. Ensuring that you have accessible textbooks […]

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How to make your PDF Section 508 Compliant?

PDF files are nearly ubiquitous these days, but unfortunately, they’re not always accessible to everyone. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires federal entities to make electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Section 508 applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain or use electronic and information technology. To avoid […]

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InDesign Accessibility

If you’re looking for a powerful tool to help you create stunning visual designs, then InDesign is the right choice for you. This desktop publishing software from Adobe is used by professionals all over the world to create everything from magazines and books to advertisements and online publications. The InDesign document may be exported into […]