Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: ResumoThe concept of accessibility has recently emerged as a prominenttopic of discourse within our society, particularly concerning digitalaccessibility, which exerts a growing influence on our lives and theoperations of businesses. This article delves into the salient issuesassociated with the creation of PDF technical documents pertinentto automation products, with a focus on ensuring accessibility forindividuals afflicted with dyslexia, a specific learning disorder thatmanifests as impaired reading. The study encompasses an examinationof the primary challenges encountered by these individualsin comprehending and interpreting information, along with themethodologies employed in the creation of accessible documentsand the prevailing standards that govern their development. Toillustrate the concepts discussed, a technical document on variablefrequency drives available on the market is analyzed. The accessibilityof a specific PDF technical document is evaluated based onrecommendations from the "Adobe Acrobat Pro"[2] and "CommonLook PDF Validador"[4] software.The document is modified to improveaccessibility, and the article concludes with an analysis ofthe results of the modified PDF document and future perspectives.
Source: Anais do Computer on the Beach
Authors: Adalberto Jose Rossa, Andre Vicente da Cunha, Kelen Naetzold de Souza, Mauricio De Campos, Alejandro Rafael Garcia Ramirez
Institution: Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
Language: English
Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410770785