RE: PDF in WCAG 2

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, John M Slatin wrote:

Linux has supported pdf in general and under Mozilla for years. but that
doesn't make pdf useful in accessibility issues

Bob


> I'm not a Linux user (yet), but I thought people interested in this
> thread might be interested to know that Gnome 2.6 apparently includes a
> PDF viewer. I can't tell from the description on the site whether the
> PDF viewer is supported by the Gnopernicus screen reader or not.
>
> http://www.gnome.org/start/2.6/
>
> John
>
> "Good design is accessible design."
>
> Dr. John M. Slatin, Director
> Accessibility Institute
> University of Texas at Austin
> FAC 248C
> 1 University Station G9600
> Austin, TX 78712
> ph 512-495-4288, fax 512-495-4524
> email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu
> Web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility
>
>
>
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