Re: A Dyslexic Perspective on e-Content Accessibility&In-Repl y-To=<1047834447.3e74af4f957ea@webmail.sussex.ac.uk>&References =<1047834447.3e74af4f957ea@webmail.sussex.ac.uk> from David Poehlman on 2003-03-22 (w3c-wai-ig@w3.org from January to March 2003)

From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 07:47:36 -0500
To: Tina Marie Holmboe <tina@elfi.org>, Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
Cc: "Scarlett Julian (ED)" <Julian.Scarlett@sheffield.gov.uk>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Message-id: <001d01c2f071$38b6f400$6501a8c0@handsontech>

Many pdfs can be read if they are pure text or a a dirivative of textual
content.  The tagging helps to descramble the order and impose a bit of
structure on the content.

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From: "Tina Marie Holmboe" <tina@elfi.org>
To: "Access Systems" <accessys@smart.net>
Cc: "Scarlett Julian (ED)" <Julian.Scarlett@sheffield.gov.uk>;
<w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
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Subject: Re: A Dyslexic Perspective on e-Content Accessibility&amp;In-Repl
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On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 08:28:25AM -0500, Access Systems wrote:

> ok - pdf is readable by non-windows platforms, BUT it is not accessible to
> non windows platforms,  sorry for the misinterpertation

   Unless I am mistaken - and I may very well be; I'd love a reference to
  read up more on this - isn't a PDF file inaccessible to ALL platforms
unless
  it is coded as "tagged" ?

--
 - Tina H.

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