Re: Adobe And TRACE Launch Enhanced PDF Access Via Email

Is your OCR sufficient that you are capturing the text of these documents or
does the PDF file basically contain a PHOTOGRAPH of the the print page?  I have
seen people move print documents to the web by scanning a whole page as one
large GIF file (with little or no ALT text of course)!  Could you provide the
URL where you are using this technique?


Paul Stauffer wrote:

> Bruce Bailey wrote:
>
> >Can ANYONE reference a GOOD AND APPROPRIATE use of PDF files?
>
> I can come up with a few:
>
> In FDA we receive stacks of paper documents from industry and citizens that
> can number hundreds of pages per document title.  We scan and put these
> into Acrobat format, since these documents have not be supplied to us in an
> electronic format. This is the only way we can keep up with the pace of
> information flow.  We have difficulty with document conversion with
> electronic copy as well.   Do you know how long it takes to convert a 1000
> page WordPerfect document with scientific notation into HTML?  We have to
> make these documents available to the public due to the FOI Act.  Also,
> most lawyers want an exact "look and feel" of a document for legal reasons.
>
> I prefer HTML, but it's close to impractical.  I can convert a 25 page
> document into PDF in 5 minutes, while it would take 4 hours for HTML.
>
> Paul Stauffer
> staufferp@cder.fda.gov