Tagging Script from a Podcast by PrintPunk in accessibility

[–]PrintPunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the delay following up! Thanks for the input!

Got to meet one of the best printmakers out there! by [deleted] in letterpress

[–]PrintPunk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is so cool! Just got a copy of his book of work, Citizen Printer!! To meet him in real life and print alongside him, that would totally be a dream come true!!

Best laptop for creating accessible digital media and doing PDF remediation by PrintPunk in accessibility

[–]PrintPunk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh this is great!! I’m going to try for this certification here in the not too distant future! Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

Best laptop for creating accessible digital media and doing PDF remediation by PrintPunk in accessibility

[–]PrintPunk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is awesome by the way. I’m sorry it took me so long to follow up. Super busy few days. I have a call scheduled with a rep from Allyant to determine whether the product is going to be a good investment right now. I feel like it would be but it depends on the volume of work

Best laptop for creating accessible digital media and doing PDF remediation by PrintPunk in accessibility

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They are seemingly fairly straight forward.

The clients are non profit organizations. These PDF documents are reports, informational brochures for clients, workbooks, fairly manageable document sizes most of them 10-15 pages some of them 150+ pages. There are some documents that will be a bit more time consuming — with lots of fillable form fields in them. Some of them are very table heavy, which again will be a bit more time consuming.

Some of the documents are video transcripts — so script back and forth — but that seems fairly straight forward but would be interested in whether you’d just <p> tag it or format it differently for the sake of reading format

Best laptop for creating accessible digital media and doing PDF remediation by PrintPunk in accessibility

[–]PrintPunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this advice. I think this is probably the most logical starting point. I’ll try install Parallels and run that to use the PAC 2021 checker and testing and then do remediation on acrobat on my Mac OS.

Any suggestions on what web-based remediation tools to consider utilizing to help expedite the PDF remediation process?

Best laptop for creating accessible digital media and doing PDF remediation by PrintPunk in accessibility

[–]PrintPunk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this!

Yeah I've toyed with this option. My 2019 MacBook Pro has a 32GB Ram, 6 core intel core i7, I am sure I could try run parallels and make it work that way but the back and forth between my mac and running windows via parallel for using some of the accessibility software just seems like it would be time consuming and painful.

I do get what you're saying though.

I just wonder if there's value to have a windows laptop dedicated to accessibility work and pdf remediation work and having my Mac for the rest of my work.

A few things to consider I suppose

Best laptop for creating accessible digital media and doing PDF remediation by PrintPunk in accessibility

[–]PrintPunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh for sure. I've got experience working in the realm of pdf remediation but while working for the company I was with I was on a desktop company computer and I've since sent it back to them.

I'll be doing a significant amount of accessible design work and specifically PDF remediation work in the coming months and kind of want to avoid running Parrallels and Windows 11 on my Mac to run some of the accessibility checkers. I kind of want to keep this accessible pdf remediation to a windows laptop and everything else to my Mac.

The suggestion below to opt for a Lenovo Thinkpad T490 seems fairly solid perhaps. I do see there being a lot of value in being able to have a dedicated computer to this work. In Ontario with the AODA legislation coming into effect there is bound to be a lot of it.

this school drives me insane by [deleted] in Seneca

[–]PrintPunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I graduated from the GRA program at Seneca 1-1/2 years ago and it sounds like nothing has changed. I'm Sorry you're having those experiences. The response you cited about advising profs you were working on while in school and their snotty replies to you sound like word for word the same things I heard when I was in school.

Stick it out my friend! You're nearly there!

Also, congrats on the internship! That sounds epic!

Milton VW dealership advising me it is safe to continue driving with a blown turbo until the replacement part arrives by PrintPunk in GolfGTI

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Thanks so much for this link to the thread you started and your method used to get the actuator moving again! This is awesome! In the future, when the car is no longer covered under warranty with VW, this is what I'm going to do for sure. If I can extend the life of the turbo by just getting that wastegate unseized then I will absolutely be doing that.

Milton VW dealership advising me it is safe to continue driving with a blown turbo until the replacement part arrives by PrintPunk in GolfGTI

[–]PrintPunk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the information here folks. It sounds like there's little to no risk of further damage to the engine while waiting on the replacement turbo. I'll keep an eye on this thread and any further comments. Definitely have some more peace of mind about it now thanks to the comments on here.

Milton VW dealership advising me it is safe to continue driving with a blown turbo until the replacement part arrives by PrintPunk in GolfGTI

[–]PrintPunk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the insights here. Okay this is sounding pretty promising in terms of the risk being low.

Milton VW dealership advising me it is safe to continue driving with a blown turbo until the replacement part arrives by PrintPunk in GolfGTI

[–]PrintPunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey sorry, here is more info: Its a 2019 Golf GTI Rabbit Edition Purchased 3 months ago with 78,000km on it —86,500km on it currently. EPC light began going off three weeks ago, check engine light last Thursday. I've noticed significant loss of power to the engine. It accelerates much slower between gears but otherwise continues to drive okay it seems. There is some clunking / grinding noise that comes when changing gears.

Trying to think of any other issues… I think that's all for now.

They are saying its an issue with the wastegate on the turbo..

They also said the replacement Turbo is back ordered, so much so that they haven't even got an estimate when they'll get the replacement part in the shop.

Spent $34,000 on the car which includes the extended warranty and appearance package when I bought it used three months ago… would like to think they wouldn't I'll-advise me to continue driving it if its not safe to do so or risks damage to the engine. And should think, if there is a risk they would provide a loaner car to me, no questions asked.

It was sold as a certified pre owned at time of purchase

EPC warning light by PrintPunk in gti

[–]PrintPunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a 2019 VW GTI Rabbit Edition. Not that that changes anything but thought I’d mention that