[NFBCS] How To Sign A PDF

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I vaguely recall signing a document last year, and I had to create a digital ID, as you say.  I had to save the digital ID to some place on my PC, and then the PDF was able to grab it.  However, I was very anxious about the doc I was signing, so I got help from AIRA to do it, and I can't say how accessible it would have been without that help.
So I think you're on the right track, for whatever that's worth.
Tracy


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Subject: [NFBCS] How To Sign A PDF

Dear all,

I have a PDF which seems otherwise accessible. It has two fields for me to input two different digital signatures. I am using NVDA 2023.3 with Adobe Acrobat DC 23.8.20555.0. What I have tried so far:
1. Get to the Quick Tools toolbar using Shift+F6, and then Tab to "Add your signature or initials menu button." I entered my initials in it and tried saving them, but that seems to have no effect on the signature field.
2. While the signature fields appear misleadingly as plain text ("Student’s Signature (Click to sign) Signature field is unsigned"), I can press Enter on it to reveal additional options. I am then prompted to click the "Configure Digital ID" button and then, since I have no pre-existing digital ID to import, I select "Create a new Digital ID Create your self-signed Digital ID." Doing so and pressing "Continue"
opens a screen with information about buying signature devices and plugging in smart cards and such. Surely there is a simpler way of inserting my initials into these signature fields?

I did some research and according to this thread https://jfw.groups.io/g/main/topic/jaws_and_adobe_adding/30221340?p=,
it sounds like this was not possible at least some time ago. I am hoping things have changed since. Are you aware of any methods for a screen reader user to independently sign a PDF?

I would truly appreciate any thoughts and inputs!

Kind Regards,
Bhavya Shah
B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science | Stanford '24
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavyashah125/

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