- From: Fox, Jamie <Jamie.Fox@USMint.Treas.Gov>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:49:48 -0400
- To: wai-ig list <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: "'David Poehlman'" <poehlman1@home.com>
A good article overall but I would disagree with a point. PDF files "have always presented a problem for individuals with disabilities". The article goes on to say it is just pictures. That is not quite true. There are basically three conversion methods/types to create PDF files. All text, all images or a combination of the two. Even with Acrobat 5 one can make a pdf inaccessible just as one can make HTML and forms inaccessible. It's in the creation of the document that inaccessibility arises not in the format. I will say though that pdf does not always translate well into text format in regards to formatting being retained. Other random notes: Version 4 also supports the ability to open a site and convert to PDF links and all. We used it for the archival snapshot for NARA for the presidential transition team. Version 3 and up supports the ability to zoom on an area of a document. -Jamie Fox -----Original Message----- From: David Poehlman [mailto:poehlman1@home.com] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:22 PM To: wai-ig list Subject: media: "look What They did to acrobat" http://www.connsensebulletin.com/acrobat.html Hands-on Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet http://members.home.com/poehlman1/ mailto:poehlman1@home.com voice: 301.949.7599
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