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Chax Chat Accessibility Podcast

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Join Chad Chelius and Dax Castro (CHAX) as they chat about important document accessibility topics, trends and maybe even complain a little now and again.
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Episodes

Job in Accessibility: Roles and Salaries

This week Chad and I take a look at the roles companies are hiring for in the field of accessibility. We talk about: The skills they are looking for Certifications you should have The responsibilities of the roles The salaries being offered The future of accessibility roles in the workplace We also talk about choosing a company with accessibility as a core value and the importance of properly training your accessibility teams. Bonus Content: The Validity of PDF as a format in Higher Education...

Nov 23, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 36

Guest Jeff Lawrence: Implementing Accessibility in a Team Environment

Guest Jeff Lawrence, Senior Program Manager of the Creative Services Team at the World Bank talks with Chad and Dax about his journey in implementing accessibility for his team. We discuss the reasons for starting, the struggles along the way and the great progress he and his team have made. Don't miss the our tips for accessible bullets and end notes and I bet you will be surprised at the answer Jeff got when asking the Client to pay more for accessible documents. You definitely want to listen ...

Nov 15, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 35

Why Accessibility isn't Black and White

In this week's podcast Chad Chelius and I talk about being part of the IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals Accessible Document Specialist Exam group. We discuss why Accessibility isn't Black and White and the Benefits of PDF/UA with WCAG. We mention Callas PDFgoHTML as and inspection tool for dealing with frustrations of the Table Editor in Acrobat. We take a deep look at accessible Footnotes inside Tables and how the table editor deals with them and finally we shed s...

Nov 09, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 34

Accessibility Questions from Adobe MAX

This week we take a closer look at some of the questions we received during the accessibility session at Adobe MAX: L200 Learning the Fundamentals of PDF Accessibility Step by Step. Chad was there during the live session were we had more than 3200 simultaneous attendees listening, watching, commenting and asking questions. Now that we have a few minutes we answer some of these questions with a bit more depth so be sure to listen to the end where Chad and I make a special announcement about an up...

Nov 02, 2021•38 min•Season 33Ep. 1

Testing for Accessibility with a Screen Reader

Testing tables with screen readers ensures a good user experience. Join Chad and Dax as they drop some great shortcut key combos you should know that will help you keep your sanity while exploring how a table is read by a screen reader. See Who's on Twitter and drop a comment on our transcript page to get a free sticker.

Oct 26, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Guest: Adobe Director of Engineering Matthew Hardy on Acrobat Liquid Mode

Listen in as Dax and Chad chat with Adobe Director of Engineering Matthew Hardy about the development and implementation of Adobe Acrobat Liquid mode. We also dive into the benefits of PDF/UA and being a member of the PDF Association and having input into the development of future accessibility standards.

Oct 12, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 30

Accessible Tables, Table Summaries and Table Myths

Take a deep dive into the world of accessible tables with Chad and I. We cover blank cells, cell structure and where MS Word falls short. We also discuss why table summaries are not required to meet accessibility standards anywhere. To be fair, we also mention they still improve accessibility. Join us as we spiral down the hole of table formatting and what makes a table accessible this week on Chax Chat where we unravel accessibility for you.

Oct 05, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 29
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