University of Maryland

Project

Improving PDF Accessibility Tools In STEM Fields

Aravind Jembu Rajkumar, Jonathan LazarTrace Center, HCIL, College of Information StudiesContact: aravind@terpmail.umd.edu, jlazar@umd.edu Introduction Portable Document Format (PDF) is used throughout many different work domains, including law, finance, and government. These PDF files, when not tagged and marked up properly, are often inaccessible for people with disabilities. Accessibility requirements for PDF files include properly filling…

Understanding Security Learning & Addressing the Digital Security Divide

Summary Users receive a multitude of digital- and physical-security advice every day. Indeed, if we implemented all the security advice we received, we would never leave our houses or use the Internet. Instead, users selectively choose some advice to accept and some (most) to reject; however, it is unclear whether they are effectively prioritizing what…