Accessibility Help and Resources

Accessibility Resources

Several accessibility resources are available that describe the elements of accessible Web pages as well as a listing of companies that provide assistive computer technologies including screen reading software.

• Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards - Section 508 Final Rule
• Guidelines for Web Accessibility
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• Assistive Computer Technology Listing

Adobe Acrobat PDF Files

Many of the documents on the City of Bozeman Web site are in HTML or ASCII (plain text) formats. These formats are generally accessible to people who use screen readers. We also have a large number of documents in Adobe Acrobat® Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF format is used to preserve the content and layout of our hard copy publications. Publications in PDF can only be viewed and printed using the Adobe AcrobatReader®, version 3.0 or higher. You can download and get help using the Acrobat Reader at the Adobe Systems, Inc. site. The download able Acrobat Reader software is available at NO CHARGE from Adobe.

• Download Acrobat Reader

People using screen-reading devices generally are unable to read documents directly in PDF format, unless they have an accessibility plug-in installed on their system along with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This plug-in is available at NO CHARGE from Adobe. Adobe also has on line tools that will convert PDF files to HTML on request. To get the plug-in and latest news about Adobe's accessibility tools and services, visit the Access Adobe site.

• Adobe PDF Accessible Plug-In

Note: Inclusion in this resource list does not constitute endorsement by the City of Bozeman, nor does omission imply non-endorsement. Our goal is to provide you with information on some available key resources. Please let us know if you are aware of a useful resource missing from this list. (these are all external links)