[CATO] Common Look Tools?

[McBride, Katie]

Good Morning Amy,
My colleague and I used both CommonLook PDF and CommonLook Office (Word) and we hands down prefer PDF. It is a lot easier to organize and remediate headings, lists, tables, links, etc. in CommonLook PDF. It takes a bit to get used to in the beginning but it really does do a much better job making a document much more accessible.
Just our two cents. 😊
Hope this helps.
Have a great rest of your day!
Katie

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Hi CATO friends,

I’m in an Allyant webinar – they make the CommonLook tools for making office, PDF, etc. accessible.

They got my attention when one of the presenters (who is blind) said they would 100% choose an accessible PDF over a Word doc (made as accessible as the Word accessibility tool directs). That blew my mind b/c that is the exact opposite of what I have heard users who are blind have said in the past. Just trying to figure out if it’s a sales tactic or that their PDF remediation tools are really that good.

Are any of you using these tools? Thoughts?

Thank you!
Amy

Amy Rovner, MPH RD
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