PDF24909.PDF

2025May3CPCISD Order of Eledtion.pdf

BCBS.pdf

Rules for Texas Justice Courts.pdf

2025May3 SSISD_ORDER OF GENERAL ELECTION.pdf

Dental 2020 04292020.pdf

One America 2020.pdf

Vision 2020.pdf

20250717153715.pdf

03052025 SSISD Notice of Election.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

Hopkins County, Texas

Title / URL	Issues
PDF24909.PDFwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3058/rvimain.pgm.pdf	1
2025May3CPCISD Order of Eledtion.pdfwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3073/2025/2025May3CPCISD%20Order%20of%20Eledtion.pdf	1
BCBS.pdfwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/common/BCBS.pdf	1
Rules for Texas Justice Courts.pdfwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3058/2024/Rules%20for%20Texas%20Justice%20Courts.pdf	1
2025May3 SSISD_ORDER OF GENERAL ELECTION.pdfwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3073/2025/2025May3%20SSISD_ORDER%20OF%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.pdf	1
Dental 2020 04292020.pdfwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3054/2020/Dental%202020%2004292020.pdf	1
One America 2020.pdfwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3054/2020/One%20America%202020.pdf	1
Vision 2020.pdfwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3054/2020/Vision%202020.pdf	1
20250717153715.pdfwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/2979/20250717153715.pdf	1
03052025 SSISD Notice of Election.pdfwww.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3073/2025/03052025%20SSISD%20Notice%20of%20Election.pdf	1

Ensure PDFs are machine readable

Hopkins County, Texas

Where this issue has occurred