- From: Glenda Watson Hyatt <Glenda@eaglecom.bc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:26:24 -0700
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Because some PDF files are simply scanned images of printed pages, people using screen readers are not able to read these documents. Even though Adobe offers free PDF-to-HTML or PDF-to-ASCII text conversion services (see Online Conversion Tools for Adobe PDF Documents (http://access.adobe.com/onlinetools.html), not all converted documents are accessible. Tables, graphs, pictures and columnar layout can also cause problems. The Treasury Board of Canada Standard 1.2 requires using PDF files (minimum version 2.1) only as an alternate format. That is, users must have a choice which format they use-HTML version, Word document, text (ASCII), or PDF. For more info, check out http://www.webaccessguides.org/accessguide/question15.htm. Cheers, Glenda ********* Glenda Watson Hyatt Soaring Eagle Communications "Creating freedom and power through accessible communications" E Mail: mailto:Glenda@eaglecom.bc.ca Website: http://www.eaglecom.bc.ca Want to know how to make your website accessible to more people? Subscribe to our FREE newsletter by emailing mailto:newsletter@eaglecom.bc.ca ********* >
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