1 00:00:00,540 --> 00:00:02,950 Female Speaker: Equidox by Onix. 2 00:00:02,950 --> 00:00:07,460 Accessible PDF conversion. Reach everyone. 3 00:00:10,190 --> 00:00:13,480 Dan Tuleta: I’m Dan Tuleta, account manager for Equidox. 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,200 Today's market is digital; we do our shopping, banking, 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,740 learning, and information gathering online. 6 00:00:20,740 --> 00:00:22,840 Female Speaker: One of the most common online documents 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:24,220 are PDFs. 8 00:00:24,220 --> 00:00:26,480 But these are not always accessible to people 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,800 using assistive technology such as screen readers. 10 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,280 Every business and organization 11 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,750 wants to maximize their audience and target market; 12 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:37,050 they need to reach everyone including people 13 00:00:37,050 --> 00:00:40,060 with print disabilities who use screen readers. 14 00:00:40,060 --> 00:00:44,640 It's required by law, but it's also best business practice. 15 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,440 Dan Tuleta: Equidox is a web-based software tool 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,670 that converts inaccessible PDFs into accessible documents 17 00:00:50,670 --> 00:00:53,830 that can be understood by assistive technology. 18 00:00:53,830 --> 00:00:55,980 It's really fast, very easy, 19 00:00:55,980 --> 00:00:58,650 and you can learn the basics in under an hour. 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,120 Female Speaker: Here is a sample PDF document 21 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,070 containing many of the most commonly occurring elements. 22 00:01:04,070 --> 00:01:06,900 All of these elements need to be properly identified, 23 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:09,500 or tagged, in order for a screen reader 24 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:12,140 to understand the content being presented. 25 00:01:12,140 --> 00:01:14,550 There are headers that enable screen readers 26 00:01:14,550 --> 00:01:18,300 to navigate the page without reading every single word. 27 00:01:18,970 --> 00:01:23,720 There are several images, a list, and a table. 28 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,680 A tool that is most commonly associated 29 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,490 with PDF documents is Adobe Acrobat. 30 00:01:28,490 --> 00:01:31,790 But remediating PDFs using Adobe to make them compliant 31 00:01:31,790 --> 00:01:34,160 with web content accessibility guidelines 32 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,320 is a slow and painstaking process. 33 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:39,610 Take a look at what is required to manually remediate 34 00:01:39,610 --> 00:01:42,540 this simple document using Adobe. 35 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,670 Remediating elements such as tables can be laborious. 36 00:01:51,010 --> 00:01:54,640 This remediation is playing at 30 times speed. 37 00:01:57,310 --> 00:01:59,220 Using Adobe for manual remediation 38 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:03,050 involves manipulation of a complex tag tree. 39 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,860 This remediation has taken more than 15 minutes. 40 00:02:12,050 --> 00:02:15,430 Now, watch the same remediation with Equidox 41 00:02:15,430 --> 00:02:17,220 using the Sensitivity slider. 42 00:02:17,220 --> 00:02:20,740 All elements on the page are automatically detected. 43 00:02:21,690 --> 00:02:24,410 Elements such as headers are easily tagged. 44 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:27,220 There are keyboard shortcuts for the most common functions 45 00:02:27,220 --> 00:02:29,360 such as pressing H1 for titles, 46 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,070 H2 and H3 for subsequent header levels. 47 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:36,780 Using alt text for images is easy. 48 00:02:36,780 --> 00:02:46,310 [music] 49 00:02:46,310 --> 00:02:50,090 Lists can be auto-detected in three simple steps. 50 00:02:54,069 --> 00:02:56,030 For tables, select the table 51 00:02:56,030 --> 00:02:58,910 and choose the Equidox table editor. 52 00:02:59,580 --> 00:03:00,840 Equidox will automatically 53 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,620 divide the table contents into rows and columns 54 00:03:03,620 --> 00:03:06,340 which a screen reader can understand. 55 00:03:07,210 --> 00:03:10,910 A preview shows the table rendered in HTML. 56 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,920 Elements can be quickly reordered in one step 57 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:19,150 or you can do this manually. 58 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,300 And we preview the remediated document, 59 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:25,350 we see that the reading order has been set correctly, 60 00:03:25,350 --> 00:03:26,980 the headers are indicated, 61 00:03:26,980 --> 00:03:29,240 the list and table elements are correct, 62 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,260 and alt text is properly combined 63 00:03:31,260 --> 00:03:33,880 and rendered for a screen reader. 64 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,800 Equidox documents are previewed in HTML 65 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,620 which means web accessibility checkers 66 00:03:38,620 --> 00:03:40,630 can be used to validate your documents. 67 00:03:40,630 --> 00:03:43,560 This entire document, with all its various elements, 68 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,870 has been completed by an experienced remediator 69 00:03:45,870 --> 00:03:48,230 in approximately one minute. 70 00:03:48,820 --> 00:03:51,250 Dan Tuleta: Using Equidox can save you so much time, 71 00:03:51,250 --> 00:03:55,060 so much money, and frees up your employees to do other tasks. 72 00:03:55,060 --> 00:03:57,640 Converting your documents into accessible formats 73 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,570 allows you to be compliant with legal digital requirements 74 00:04:00,570 --> 00:04:03,320 and reach everyone in your target audience. 75 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,410 Equidox is the right tool to help you do that. 76 00:04:06,410 --> 00:04:07,670 Female Speaker: For further information 77 00:04:07,670 --> 00:04:10,196 about how Equidox can help you reach everyone, 78 00:04:10,196 --> 00:04:13,670 contact us and ask for a free demonstration. 79 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:17,700 Visit www.equidox.co. 80 00:04:18,460 --> 00:04:21,480 Copyright 2018 Onix Networking Corp. 81 00:04:21,480 --> 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