PDF security blocks accessibility Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

PDF security on the document prevents screen readers accessing document text.

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The PDF ‘Content Copying for Accessibility’ document property is set to ‘Not Allowed’.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 5.36 Jan 2020 Changed rule ID from AccWcag2-1.3.1-2 to AccPdfDocSecurity.
• 4.7 Jun 2012 Now triggers Section 508 1194.22 (a).
• 4.0 Jun 2010 Don’t check accessibility-allowed attribute in corrupt PDFs.
• 4.0 Jun 2010 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in PDF documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccPdfDocSecurity