Many providers make their digital content available as PDF documents. Therefore, it is important that they are accessible so that as many users as possible can use them. However, the PDF format often appears to be more ‘bulky’ than other formats, because it is difficult to implement them in an accessible way and due to the misunderstandings that still exist around PDF accessibility in particular. What criteria accessible PDFs must fulfil and how this can be tested will be explained below.

I have been studying Applied Law at the ZHAW since last summer. In this blog article, I will talk about the barriers I encountered. First, let me define the term barrier in this context: I will not only talk about digital accessibility, but I will define the term more broadly, since studying includes many aspects.