June 24, 2025 BCC Regular Meeting

July 16, 2025 Municipal Service Benefit Unit (MSBU) Public Hearing

July 17, 2025 Municipal Service Benefit Unit (MSBU) Public Hearing

July 17, 2025 BCC Pre-Agenda

August 19, 2025 BCC MSBU/Budget Workshop

June 19, 2025 Utilities Department Financial Update Meeting

06172025-ws.pdf

July 22, 2025 BCC Regular and Land Use Meeting

July 24, 2025 BCC Tentative Budget Workshop

CCT Public Transportation Brochure.pdf

Ensure PDF documents are machine-readable for accessibility and usability.

## What this means

A machine-readable PDF is one that can be easily processed by software, such as text-to-speech programs, 
search engines, and other data extraction tools. This typically means that the text in the PDF is selectable 
and can be copied, as opposed to being embedded as an image.

## Why it matters

1. **Accessibility**: Machine-readable PDFs are essential for people using screen readers or other assistive technologies, as these tools require text they can interpret.
2. **Searchability**: Machine-readable documents can be indexed by search engines, making the content more discoverable.
3. **Content Usability**: Ensuring that your PDFs are machine-readable allows users to interact with the content more effectively, like copying text or searching within the document.

## How to fix

1. **Avoid Scanned Documents**: Whenever possible, create PDFs directly from text-based sources rather than scanning paper documents.
2. **Use OCR on Scanned PDFs**: If you have a scanned PDF, use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to convert the image-based text into selectable, searchable text.
3. **Check Font Embedding**: Ensure that all fonts used in the PDF are properly embedded so that the text remains accessible on different devices and platforms.

## Testing Methodology

Silktide examines whether there is selectable text in a PDF to determine if it is machine-readable.

## Further Reading

- [Creating Accessible PDFs](https://www.adobe.com/accessibility/pdf/pdf-accessibility-overview.html)
- [Guide to Machine-Readable PDFs](https://www.webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/)

pdf-not-machine-readable

December 2025

November 2025

Charlotte County, Florida

Title / URL	Issues
June 24, 2025 BCC Regular Meetingwww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/1103/06242025-rlu.pdf	1
July 16, 2025 Municipal Service Benefit Unit (MSBU) Public Hearingwww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/1103/07162025-msbu-ph.pdf	1
July 17, 2025 Municipal Service Benefit Unit (MSBU) Public Hearingwww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/1103/07172025-msbu-ph.pdf	1
July 17, 2025 BCC Pre-Agendawww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/1103/07172025-pre.pdf	1
August 19, 2025 BCC MSBU/Budget Workshopwww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/1103/08192025-msbu-budget-ws.pdf	1
June 19, 2025 Utilities Department Financial Update Meetingwww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/1103/06192025-u-financial.pdf	1
06172025-ws.pdfwww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/1103/06172025-ws.pdf	1
July 22, 2025 BCC Regular and Land Use Meetingwww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/1103/07222025-rlu.pdf	1
July 24, 2025 BCC Tentative Budget Workshopwww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/1103/07242025-budget-ws.pdf	1
CCT Public Transportation Brochure.pdfwww.charlottecountyfl.gov/file/653/brochure-english.pdf	1

Ensure PDFs are machine readable

Charlotte County, Florida

Where this issue has occurred