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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hello Amy and all of CATO,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I was also a CommonLook Office/CommonLook PDF user. That program can make PDFs more accessible than a Word document itself. There are just some things in a Word document you cannot make fully
accessible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">I think the key here is to start out with an accessible source document which would most likely be from MS Word. Then when you save it to a PDF, using CommonLook to remediate
that PDF, it will walk you through the process of making sure that PDF is accessible. One thing I really like about CommonLook, as well, is that it has a validator at the end of your process so that it will tell you where you have missed elements that need
to still be remediated and made accessible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">CommonLook does take a bit of training to be able to use efficiently but it is a great program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">Web Accessibility Specialist/IT Quality Assurance Tester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">vwalton@sbctc.edu</span></u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">• office: 360-704-4343•
</span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">website:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Accessibility is not a checkbox. Accessibility is a mindset that can lead to a very powerful sense of inclusion.</span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal">~ Maayan Ziv founder and CEO AccessNow<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> CATO <cato-bounces@lists.ctc.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rovner, Amy via CATO<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 25, 2024 10:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> cato@lists.ctc.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rovner, Amy <arovner@shoreline.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CATO] Common Look Tools?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi CATO friends,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m in an Allyant webinar – they make the CommonLook tools for making office, PDF, etc. accessible.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are any of you using these tools? Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Amy<o:p></o:p></p>
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