7 Fixable PDF Accessibility Errors to Avoid

PDF remediation is vital for making any PDF document accessible for people with disabilities. However, this is not an easy process to carry on. On your way to making documents accessible, there are several common mistakes that you could easily make, which are preventable.

Testing PDF for accessibility and carrying out PDF remediation can come with mistakes and issues. However, these remediation issues are easily fixable or, in fact, entirely avoidable if you know what they are. The main challenge is locating the error and understanding how to fix it.

7 Common Accessibility Issues in PDF Remediation

Testing PDF for accessibility and carrying out PDF remediation can come with mistakes and issues. However, these remediation issues are easily fixable or, in fact, entirely avoidable if you know what they are. The main challenge is locating the error and understanding how to fix it.

Here are some of the most common PDF remediation issues that cause difficulties in your PDF documents:

1. Missing Alternative Text

Missing an image alt text while remediating a file is not uncommon. These texts are the trickiest ones to tackle when you’re not well-versed in the specialized subject.

Every image must include an alt text to comply with the WCAG 2.0. It makes image reading easier for visually impaired people. If you skip or make a mistake in adding alt texts, screen readers won’t be able to understand what the image represents.

2. Not Embedding Fonts

When performing remediation for a document, embedding fonts is the most crucial step that cannot be avoided. Skipping this step in the beginning and performing it at the end of remediation can corrupt your document. Once your file is corrupted, you may have to start it all over again.

3. Getting Errors in Heading Structure

Losing track of the heading level while working on a large document is one very common mistake that happens frequently. It’s essential to get it right and understand when your heading structure is illogical.

4. Using Adobe Auto Tag Features

When a PDF is tagged logically, the reader can comprehend the content without difficulties. Programs such as text-to-voice need correctly structured documents that follow logical reading order. Moreover, people relying on a keyboard rather than a mouse find document navigation easier through tagged PDFs. Hence, tagging documents correctly without making any mistakes is vital.

But auto-tagging software like the one Adobe offers isn’t always your friend. It may work well but can also corrupt your document. So, relying on an auto tag feature is not always a correct choice.

Also Read — Edit PDF Documents Directly on Google Chrome Browser

5. Lacking Table Summary

A tabular format is easily understood in a PDF document. A user can easily navigate through a document with the help of a table of contents. But setting tables in a PDF document is not easy. It is time-consuming and is often easy to get it wrong.

Moreover, if you get it wrong or get the data mixed up, your document can become corrupted.

6. Disappearing Content

Tagging content in the wrong format may sometimes cause it to disappear. This “disappearance” happens when the PDF hides in several layers. To fix this, you will need to rearrange these layers, search for the hidden content with the content panel and rearrange it to make it visible.

7. Keeping Pages Untagged

When the content structure is divided into meaningful sections, the document is given a proper structure. Screen readers can read it conveniently and navigate it with ease. But when a document is not tagged, it comes with several other accessibility errors.

Moreover, if a document holds a blank page that needs to be remediated, you might miss it. To avoid this, using a tool meant for remediating PDFs is recommended.

8. Making PDFs Accessible

Automating your PDF accessibility process proves to be a great option to eliminate these errors. There are several PDF accessibility tools you can try out and save your time and efforts while being accurate and as quick as possible.

Author Bio: Emilie Brown works with the Digital Marketing team at PREP, an AI-based remediation software that enables businesses to create WCAG and ADA compliant PDFs in minutes. Her approach and methodology is simple, concise and to-the-point and connects with readers seeking for solution-driven content on topics related to accessibility and remediation. Apart from her time at work, she loves to spend time with her dog, volunteer and play her guitar.

Now Edit PDF Documents Directly on Google Chrome Browser

Adobe has rolled out an update to Google Chrome's Acrobat extension. Post this update, users will be able to edit PDF files within the browser itself. Earlier the extension only allowed users to view, copy and perform various other tasks on PDF documents.

The updated extension is simply called “Adobe Acrobat” and is automatically added to Google Chrome while installing the security update, though it require users to enable it when launching the browser.

Also available on Microsoft Edge, the new Adobe Acrobat PDF tools solve a age-old problem for users everywhere, allowing a much smoother way to view and edit PDF documents directly in the browser.

Uptil now users had to either open a new app on the desktop or search a web-app to edit PDF. But now with this new update, users can comment, mark up, fill in, and do more, including sign in, on PDF files directly from the browser window.

The updated extension will also allow users to rotate, delete, or reorder PDF pages to optimise viewing and printing, transform a PDF to a Microsoft Word document and retain formatting. You'll also be able to convert web pages into PDF, preserving layout, formatting, and links - saving major headaches for users everywhere.

However, if you want to delete certain pages from PDF file then membership is required. According to the particular support page, the new features were made available sometime in August. But the company is now showing extra tools.

7 Web Browsers in Race For The Next Number #1 Browser

Web browsers serve as the platform through which users from across the globe access the contents of the internet. As of March 2021, an estimated 51 Crore (5.1 billion) people used a browser, according to Internet World Stats.

As of June 2021, the Google Chrome browser accounted for around 65.32% of global market share for internet browsers. Apple’s Safari browser was the second most popular internet browser around the world, accounting for over 18% of market share. Apart from these two, no other browser controlled more than 5% of the overall market share.

We have shortlisted seven of the new-age browsers, that can be strong contenders to Chrome as a tool to access Internet. 

Vivaldi Browser

Vivaldi is an answer to browser fans requesting a more robust, powerful browser. It features impressive customization and access to Chrome's vast library of extensions. Its a fast browser while being light on RAM consumption compared to other browsers.

Vivaldi’s latest update on desktop and notebooks lets you expand tab groups with Accordion Tabs and run browser commands in a sequence with a single shortcut.

Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner was also the co-founder of Opera, one of the earliest web browsers to have features like pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing. The level of customization and power-user features that set Opera apart are present today in Vivaldi as well, along with plenty more.

Vivaldi 2.0 is available for Desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux) and Android devices.

FEATURES -

• Built-in Mail client
• Mouse Gestures,
• Tab Grouping
• Screen Capture
• Ad-blocker
• Floating Side Panels
• Resizable Split-Screen Tabs
• Create Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
• Web Panel suggestions based on browsing history
  
  

SigmaOS 

SigmaOS is a new type of macOS browser made for work. It's as fast as Safari, and it's built around workspaces and multitasking. Like Slack, in SigmaOS, your browser activity is separated into workspaces - one workspace per project. This means your workspaces and pages are synced across your devices.

Besides, SigmaOS lets you log in to different accounts in your different workspaces. You can do so by clicking on the settings gear when creating a workspace and enabling "Separate Cookies".

FEATURES -

• Send webpages to colleagues & friends, directly into their browser
• Split screen for multitasking
• Syncing workspaces and pages across devices.

Sidekick Browser

Sidekick is a new browser based on Chromium. Designed to be the fastest online work experience, Sidekick's UX is built around the most popular web apps, supports multiple logins, and uses workspaces to keep tab clutter under control.

The browser has an AI-based tab suspender so that Sidekick uses the same amount of memory whether you have 10 open tabs or 100. It also saves memory by automatically suspending tabs that you don't need at the moment. The best thing about Sidekick is that it has built-in search bar with a single shortcut. With this, you can search across all your apps, tabs, and workspaces in seconds.

Sidekick’s also allows to let you work from inside apps that live in the browser, rather than scattered across multiple windows and tabs. Apps like Slack, Skype and WhatsApp can be pinned in the sidebar in a vertical stack where you can easily find and switch between them. It also has support for multiple logins, granular notification controls and the ability to search across all these third-party apps (it offers 'hundreds' currently but says users can add custom adds "which would function just like a bookmark") right from the browser.

FEATURES

• AI Based Tab suspension
• Improved RAM Management
• Block data-grabbing ads

Blisk

Bowser For Web Developers

Blisk is a Chromium-based browser for Web developers that enables features that your regular browser cannot. You can see how your website or application work on different display resolution, you can prototype, test your product and get notified if there is a bug to fix.

This browser enables to build your website on desktop and mobile simultaneously. It has set of preinstalled phones and tablets with specific screen resolution, pixel ratio, user agent and touch event support. Mobile and desktop follow each other by URL and even scroll position. Page auto-refresh feature enables to refresh pages automatically every time you modify the code. Developer tools now are available for both mobile and desktop simultaneously.

FEATURES

• More than 50 devices integrated, including iOS, Android, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, Samsung Galaxy and more.
• Place devices next to each other and compare the UI on mobile and desktop simultaneously
• Built-in Error Monitor, to immediately detect issues (like JavaScript errors) when executing a new piece of code in Blisk. 
• Screenshots or video recorder, with automatic upload to Blisk's secure cloud storage.
• Launch Blisk from Command Prompt or Terminal.

Sizzy

The browser for designers and developers, Sizzy is to save time and increase the productivity of designers and developers. The browser allows to you to work on your website and instantly preview the changes on multiple devices at once. Sizzy simulates the viewport and user agent of each device, so the results should be the same as what you would see on a real device.

However, Sizzy cannot simulate different browser rendering engines, so there's a chance that there might be some minor differences when testing on a real device.

FEATURES

• Simulates the device frame, the UI for the browser & OS
• DevTools, it allow you to inspect multiple devices at once.
• Debugging Panel - The tabbed panel docked on the right side in Sizzy browser. It contains a bunch of useful tabs with tools that will help you with debugging your website.
• Customizable UI
• A/B Testing
• Universal Inspect Element which allows you to inspect all devices at once

Cake Browser

The world's first swipeable mobile web browser

Cake is a faster, more private mobile browser with free VPN. Cake skips over the search results list to take you straight to the content you want—then you simply swipe to see the next result.

With Cake, enter your search and then swipe through results from multiple online search services, videos, images and shopping. The browser has incorporated a fresh new approach to RSS that essentially allows you to follow your favorite sites and get the latest updates from them, whether they are blogs, news outlets or any other type of site that has an RSS feed.

FEATURES -

• Built-in Ads & Tracker blocking
• Free VPN
• Automatically informs websites you visit that you do not want to be tracked
• Force websites to be loaded via HTTPS 

Brave

Brave is a free and open-source web browser based on the Chromium. Brave is a privacy-focused browser, which distinguishes itself from other browsers by automatically blocking online advertisements and website trackers in its default settings. It also provides users the choice to turn on optional ads that pay users for their attention in the form of Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) cryptocurrency.

Recently, Brave built its search engine out of Tailcat, which it acquired earlier this year from Germany's Hubert Burda Media. Tailcat was designed to deliver search results without logging user activity or creating profiles.

FEATURES -

• Ad blocking
• Fingerprinting prevention*
• Make a playlist in Brave browser
• Brave Firewall + VPN
• Earn Cryptocurrency (BAT) by viewing private ads

Prepostseo Plagiarism Checker Review 2020 Is it Only for Students & Educators?

A major ratio of plagiarism checkers is meant for education personnel and students only. However, the tool designed for scanning copied content is a definite exception. It proves the fact that these soft wares can be used by anyone who needs to check copied content. In terms of reputation and quality level, this is surely one of the best alternatives’ users can get their hands on. The best thing is that this plagiarism checking software would come in handy for you even if you are not working on a dissertation or grading one. For content writers, a plagiarism checking tool is an essential need.

Let us have a look at the core offerings of this plagiarism checking application.

A detailed plagiarism report generated

Simply knowing whether an article, academic paper or blog is plagiarized or not is insufficient information. If a particular section of the content is copied, the writer should know about it. This tool generates a full scaled plagiarism report. It can also be downloaded in PDF and HTML forms. The purpose of this report is providing a complete insight to the user. For example, if the literature review of a thesis has plagiarism problems, the student should have clarity about it. If the problem area is not identified, you would have to search through each line and extract the plagiarized areas. Hence, writers are able to save precious time by using this tool.

Link to paraphrasing feature

When the plagiarized content areas are identified, they have to be rephrased. This is one of the few tools that redirects the user to the paraphrasing screen. Consider that you have performed a plagiarism check and some part of the content is copied. By clicking the “make it unique” button, you would be redirected to the paraphrasing screen. Once you click the “paraphrase” button, the process of rewriting would start.

• Paraphrasing is yet another time-consuming task which users have to complete. It is hard to find a plagiarism checker that has an additional paraphrasing option as well. Normally, students use a plagiarism checker and then rewrite the problematic content sections. You do not have to rewrite anything after using this tool. If some part of the content is plagiarized, the paraphrasing option would rewrite it. People working on different writing categories benefit from this. Research writers need plagiarism checking tools so that they do not have to face any penalties. This application would not only detect plagiarism for them but also rephrase the content area which needs rewriting.

Exact phrase match and plagiarism percentage features

• If you have written an article and figure out that it has plagiarism issues, what other things would you need to know. How much of the content is plagiarized? This is the first thing that pops up in the minds of writers. They need an estimate of the corrections needed. This plagiarism checker gives the exact percentage of plagiarized content. If 40 percentage of the written information has paraphrasing deficiencies, this figure would be shown after the scanning process is completed.


• At times, exact phrases are detected when the written material is compared with what has already been published online. Through the “exact phrase” match, you can view this detail. It shows the percentage of content that has not been rephrased at all. There is a difference between paraphrasing not being up to the mark and 100% copied content. With the “exact phrase” feature, you can see the percentage of content copied without any changes being made.

Word Count and Readability options

Do you know that readability is a very critical factor for success / failure of written content? Lack of readability gives a negative vibe to the reader and he does not bother about going through the content with interest. If a blog presents some very interesting facts but has readability problems, readers would lose interest and exit before going through the details. The higher the readability percentage, the better would be the response from the readers. Usually, there is lack of readability when the flow of the content is not natural. Keyword stuffing is a major reason due to which the flow is spoilt. With this tool, you can get a basic idea of the response which the readers would give about the written content.

• What is the word count of the written content? Word limits are very important whether you are working on a term paper, blog or project scope. All forms of writing have a word limit. If you are writing a thesis paper, there will be an individual word limit for each chapter. This tool shows the word count of the content checked. This is a helpful feature because if the word count is less than the minimum or more than the maximum limit, changes can be made by the writer.

The parameters of efficiency and accuracy

Is this tool completely efficient? There are no reliability problems with this tool. Unlike a lot of substandard plagiarism checking soft wares which ignore parts of the content, this checker scans each line.

• College and university students find this tool quite helpful. They have to use plagiarism checkers on continuous basis. Students are always working on research assignments, essay papers and other similar academic tasks. All of them involve plagiarism checking.  A term paper, dissertation or any other academic assignment cannot be submitted until there is an assurance that the content is original. Once you use this checker and it shows that there are no plagiarism findings, there is no need to recheck anything. 

What kinds of content uploading options are available?

• The first step for performing a plagiarism check is uploading content. The standard option is selecting the content, copying it and then pasting it in the provided text box. In some cases, this is a cumbersome option. We can take the example of a term paper which has a word length in thousands. Copying so many words is definitely not the easiest of tasks. Is there an alternate uploading option available? The answer to this question is yes.


• This tool allows content to be uploaded in the form of a file. It supports various commonly used formats including PDF, DOC and TXT. If your content is already saved in one of these formats, the additional task of selecting the content can be ignored. The tool would scan through the uploaded file and determine plagiarized sections. After that, you can advance to the paraphrasing stage and get the content rewritten instantly.

Time factor for plagiarism checking

Slow running tools can prove to be a major problem for any user. A lot of plagiarism checking tools go into a “not responding” mode for an indefinite time span. Some of them take a very long duration to completing the checking process. This time lag can be a problem for writers who do not have a lot of time on their hands. Most people do not have the patience of waiting for the tool response.

• This plagiarism checker is far better than most other alternatives in terms of time efficiency. Whether you have uploaded content with a word count of 500 or 5000 words, the stage of checking copied content would be concluded in less than a minute. Corporate professionals need to prepare original content for their presentations and reports. They need tools which are 100% efficient and consume optimized time frames. 


• In order to meet timelines, they cannot afford to opt for slow paced plagiarism checking tools. This tool is one of the finest alternatives for all forms of writing including articles, web content and academic assignments.
  
  

  No charges applied for any quality features

  
  There is no doubt that this plagiarism checker is equipped with some of the best features. For writers, it is nothing less than a blessing. To start with, they do not have to worry at all about facing plagiarism consequences. When you talk about students, they are even rusticated if involved in plagiarism. With this tool, they get a guarantee that the content is not plagiarized and can be submitted. The best thing is that no charges are applied when you are using this checker. You can check as many content pieces as you want without paying any cost. It is quite hard to find a free tool with so many features for checking copied content.
  

  Conclusion

  
  It is an undoubted fact that plagiarism is a huge issue that impacts academic writing professionals, students and several other users. Manual proofreading is not an effective method even if you can afford the time consumption. This plagiarism checker is the perfect way out for anyone who wishes to submit original content. It actually eliminates all the worries and apprehensions. In an overall manner, it is a must have if you want to produce unique content without tolerating any stress.