• Creative Pro Week One-Two Punch

• Guest Chris Smart Native AT User and Accessibility Tester

• Accessible Form Frustrations

• Scanned PDFs vs Print to PDF

• Forms Mode Experiences

• The List of Lists for AT users

• Differences in PDF Document Exploration

• How Screen Reader Experience Varies

• The Balancing Act of Accessibility

Do not miss the details on how to get the free downloadable PDF entitled WCAG in Plain English that covers the principles you need to know for document accessibility.

Chad and Dax recap their CSUN Assistive Technology Conference and how Chad ran into Stevie Wonder. Catch their discussion on Accessible Tables with Colors, the Drawbacks of Excel for Accessibility, Accessible Money and foreign currency with a screen reader.

If you didn't get to see us live at the Center on Disabilities at CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, or get to watch the video, here is the audio podcast version of the show. It is PACKED with tons of info and almost a full hour long!!!! We even answered questions from our online and live audience.

Topics include:

• Dealing with Math Symbols in your documents

• Missing spaces between words

• Answering questions from listeners

• Nothing about us without us: The best part of CSUN.

• Creating an Accessibility Brand Guide for your organization

• The Department of Health and Human Services HHS Accessibility Standard

• The technical low-down on Table Summaries

• Answering Accessibility questions live on the podcast

• The effect of textboxes to your Word Doc for Accessibility

• The Accessibility benefits of axesWord

• Artifacts in your tags tree

Tune in this week to hear our guest Jeremy Seda from North Idaho College as we discuss some of the struggles of accessibility awareness at the college level and the ongoing state of document accessibility amidst the COVID Pandemic.

This episode we discuss:

Pave the Way for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (PWGAAD) - April 20, 2022

• Funkify Disability Simulation Plugin • How Jujitsu applies to Document Accessibility • Covid Cases or Inaccessible Information: Which grew faster? • How the CDC improved their level of Document Accessibility • Say My Meme Accessibility Podcast • Be My Eyes • Look to Speak Eye Gaze Conversation Tool • PWGAAD Directional Audio • Being the only "Expert in your Organization" • Accessibility Struggles in Higher Education • Accessibility Camp Coeur d'Alene • Tactile maps and other technologies

Upcoming CSUN Session Topics: • Document Tag Structure • WCAG in Plain English • Bridging the Accessibility Gaps between Word and PDF • Accessible Tables with Color • Document Accessibility in Higher Education

Did you miss yesterday's NEW ACCESSIBILITY PODCAST Episode on PDF/UA Standards? We cover which standard to use and why. Do you know the difference between a block-level and inline-level element? We unravel the mystery. We even give you some great tips on how to use guides like 14289-1, the Matterhorn Protocol and the PDF/UA Syntax Guide to help further evaluate your documents for accessibility.

Who knew there were this many facets of Bookmarks for Accessibility. Listen in as Chad and Dax dissect the nuances of accessible bookmarks! I guarantee you will learn at least one thing you didn't know.

• Accessible Bookmarks • Keyboard Accessibility Gymnastics • Benefits of Bookmarks • When Are Bookmarks Required for Accessibility? • Do Headings Follow Bookmarks? • Designing your Documents with Bookmarks in Mind • WCAG SC 2.4.6 Heading and Labels • Leveraging AI to Detect Headings • Create Bookmarks on Export • Creating Bookmarks in the PDF • Styling and Properly Nesting Bookmarks • Setting the Initial View of the Bookmarks Bar

Listen in as Chad and Dax talk about some creative solutions to using color coding inside tables while still meeting accessibility. Be sure to catch us at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in Anaheim this March! This eposide includes the following:

• The Stoplight Syndrome
• Using Symbols to convey color in a table
• The Legend Matters for Accessibility
• When Size Doesn't Matter
• Actual Text for Blank Cells no-no
• Accessibility Roulette
• "Accessibility at the End" has a Cost
• Presenting Alternatives instead of "That's Not Accessible"
• Be the Solutions Person

Start out the new year right by setting your accessibility goals for 2022. Listen in as Chad and Dax talk about how to set your goals by evaluating where you are in some key categories of accessibility and how to set a game plan for growing your accessibility skill set in 2022. Score yourself from 1 to 10 in each of the areas we talk about. Then develop a game plan to improve in those areas and re-evaluate yourself every 3 months to keep accountable.