Adobe Reader
Overview of Acrobat products and accessibility
- Adobe® Reader® 7.0
- Adobe Acrobat® Elements
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat Capture® 3.0
- Adobe Acrobat Capture 3.0 Agent Pack with Adobe PDF Forms Access
- Detailed feature comparison table for Adobe Reader and the Acrobat 7.0 family
Adobe Reader 7.0
Adobe Reader offers these enhanced access features for people with disabilities:
- Read Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
- Read PDF files aloud using standard Windows® or Mac OS X operating system text-to-speech functionality.
- Utilize advanced reading functions using Windows-based screen readers.
- Quickly evaluate the accessibility of an Adobe PDF file.
- Customize the font size in the Windows navigation panels.
- Choose alternate reading orders.
- Take advantage of Japanese language support.
- Use keyboard navigation on the Windows platform.
- View documents in high-contrast mode.
- Zoom in on text and reflow it to fit any size view.
- Save Adobe PDF content as text (TXT).
Adobe Acrobat Elements
Acrobat Elements offers basic creation of Adobe PDF files within Microsoft Office 2000 and Office XP. You can automatically tag for accessibility the Adobe PDF files you create from the Windows platform.
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard makes it easy to create, review, and approve accessible PDF files. It includes all of the capabilities of Reader and Acrobat Elements, plus these additional features:
- Reduce the size of tagged PDF files for faster download times.
- Convert existing PDF documents to tagged PDF files faster and easier.
- Add security while retaining accessibility.
- Add text to scanned pages for improved accessibility.
- Export text from PDF files to text (TXT) format, Rich Text Format (RTF), XML, HTML, and Word (DOC).
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional includes all the features available in Reader, Acrobat Elements, and Acrobat 7.0 Standard, as well as expert tools to optimize Adobe PDF documents and forms for accessibility.
- Review and modify the reflow order of objects on a page.
- Check and touch up documents for accessibility.
- Create and optimize accessible PDF forms.
Adobe Acrobat Capture 3.0
- Convert large volumes of paper to accessible Adobe PDF files.
- Retain the exact look and feel of an original document while embedding a layer of searchable, accessible text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
- Review and fix suspect text quickly and easily with the QuickFix tool, to ensure 100% accuracy.
- Exclude areas of the page from the OCR process with the Zone tool so that graphics or random text do not confuse readers.
- Automatically generate hyperlinks and bookmarks based on tables of contents and indexes so users can more easily navigate the document.
Acrobat Capture Agent Pack with Adobe PDF Forms Access
- Create accessible Adobe PDF forms and more, from online or scanned paper documents.
- Significantly reduce the time required to turn any fillable Adobe PDF form into an accessible form.
- Automatically tag high volumes of legacy Adobe PDF documents, such as memos and reports.
- Streamline your compliance with government accessibility regulations and mandates.
