- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:13:34 +0000 (GMT)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> >As our forms cannot and are not intended to be completed online, they are > >currently not covered by the regulations. I'd guess it was within the letter but not the spirit. It does seem to mean that one is left in the worst possible position with only an effective paper form, as PDF forms can be made online completable, either with online submission, or for subsequent printing. That's definitely going to help people with poor dexterity, compared with paper only, probably helps people with poor eyesight, as they can enlarge the form easily on screen, and will help the blind to the extent that the assistive technology is up to it. If one wants to avoid the original problem, you need to have legislation requiring electronic forms in the first place. If that forces Acrobat forms off government web sites, Adobe needs to provide authoring tools to make the forms accessible and work with assistive technology suppliers, to ensure that the markup from those tools is used.
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