Learn valuable techniques for making accessible content
Whether you want to learn how to access electronic information more effectively or how to create accessible content, Adobe offers a variety of learning resources. From standalone training courses that provide step-by-step instructions and online videos where accessible authoring techniques are demonstrated, to classes offered by third parties, you can find the resource that's right for you.
Choose from the following tutorial categories:
PDF and WCAG 2.0 webinar
This recorded session explains how PDF files conform to the WCAG 2.0 web accessibility standard. This tutorial is a recording from an Adobe Acrobat® Connect™ Pro session.
PDF Accessibility and WCAG 2.0 webinar
Captioning video created with Flash
This tutorial by Michael Jordan teaches you how to add captions to video files you create with Adobe Flash® and how to display those captions in an FLV movie.
Captioning video with Captionate and the captioning-supported FLVPlayback component skins
Creating Accessible Sites in Flash
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional allows you to create powerful web applications that are exciting, engaging, and accessible to all. It’s as easy as ever to build rich accessible media with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional. Applying the design principles demonstrated in this presentation will help you build Flash applications that are not only accessible, but truly usable by everyone.
Creating Accessible Sites in Flash
Accessible Flash Course at VA.gov
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs worked with SSB BART Group to produce a training course on how to create Flash content that complies with Section 508 accessibility standards. The course is geared toward Flash developers and project managers and covers in-depth Flash accessibility best practices.
Captivate accessibility tutorials
See demonstrations that illustrate various accessibility techniques using Adobe Captivate.
Adding a description to an entire movie
Every movie created in Adobe Captivate should include a movie description. The following Adobe Captivate demonstration illustrates how to provide a description for an entire movie.
Play the demo: Adding a description to an Adobe Captivate movie
Adding a description to an individual slide
An individual slide should include a description if it is an important step in the process or if it presents a significant concept visually. Some movies, particularly those of recorded demonstrations, may not need descriptions for each individual slide because several slides often cover one concept. In these cases, place the description on the last slide of that group.
The following Adobe Captivate demonstration illustrates how to add a description to an individual slide.
Play the demo: Adding a description to an individual slide
Providing equivalents for audio content
For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, the audio content of movies created with Adobe Captivate is not accessible. To provide access to this information, place a transcript of the audio content in a caption on each screen.
The following Adobe Captivate demonstration illustrates how to add closed captions to a movie created with Adobe Captivate.
Play the demo: Adding closed captions to movies created with Adobe Captivate
Acrobat 8 accessibility tutorials
These recorded sessions explain key features and how to accomplish specific tasks related to reading and creating accessible PDF documents. These tutorials were created using Adobe® Captivate®.
Using accessibility features within Acrobat 8 (SWF, 11M )
Adobe Acrobat® 8 provides a host of features specially designed to make PDF files accessible. In this tutorial, we explore the ways in which you can access and make the most of these features.
Assessing PDF files for accessibility (SWF, 7.5M )
Not all PDF files are designed and published appropriately for accessible use. In this tutorial, we explore the ways in which you can assess the accessibility of an existing PDF file.
Creating accessible PDF files (SWF, 16M )
The best way to ensure your PDF files are accessible is to design them appropriately from the start. In this tutorial, we explore the crucial elements to building accessible PDF files.
