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I recently sat down with UKAAF board member Jeff Mills, who has a particular focus for us on HTML, Office Documents and PDFs for us. With over 25 years’ experience in the document industry and amazing track record in making a difference in accessible documents, Jeff’s CV includes numerous landmarks like being involved in the first ever project to create accessible PDF statements for the Web. Many UKAAF members will be familiar with the important commercial work he’s doing with his company Grackledocs, the only Google Add-Ons that check and remediate output from Google Workspace to make it more accessible.
All that means it’s always worth talking to him, but we had been intrigued by a comment in an email about what sort of a future he wants UKAAF to have.
The alliance will help ensure that PDF technology developments continue to promote and improve easy readability/conversion of documents for visually-impaired users
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