Auditing PDFs for 508 at Scale: DrupalCon Portland 2022
Speakers: Lauren Maffeo
You've read the Statement of Work for your next client project: A full content audit of their website to prepare for the client's first migration to Drupal. This client has over 50k PDFs on their website, and few (if any) are 508-compliant. Your job is to audit all PDFs for 508 compliance to support a new, accessible Drupal website.
Scared? I was when it happened to me. This session shares tips I learned to audit PDFs at scale in service of accessibility. We'll cover:
Key differences to audit accessibility for PDFs vs. websites
Tools to audit for 508 compliance at scale
When to use web scraping vs. web crawling
How to assess metadata, and the value of tags
A roadmap to prepare non-compliant PDFs for migration to Drupal
