- From: Bruce Bailey <bbailey@clark.net>
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 11:13:01 -0400
- To: Paul Stauffer 301-827-5694 FAX 301-443-6385 <STAUFFERP@cder.fda.gov>
- CC: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Is your OCR sufficient that you are capturing the text of these documents or does the PDF file basically contain a PHOTOGRAPH of the the print page? I have seen people move print documents to the web by scanning a whole page as one large GIF file (with little or no ALT text of course)! Could you provide the URL where you are using this technique? Paul Stauffer wrote: > Bruce Bailey wrote: > > >Can ANYONE reference a GOOD AND APPROPRIATE use of PDF files? > > I can come up with a few: > > In FDA we receive stacks of paper documents from industry and citizens that > can number hundreds of pages per document title. We scan and put these > into Acrobat format, since these documents have not be supplied to us in an > electronic format. This is the only way we can keep up with the pace of > information flow. We have difficulty with document conversion with > electronic copy as well. Do you know how long it takes to convert a 1000 > page WordPerfect document with scientific notation into HTML? We have to > make these documents available to the public due to the FOI Act. Also, > most lawyers want an exact "look and feel" of a document for legal reasons. > > I prefer HTML, but it's close to impractical. I can convert a 25 page > document into PDF in 5 minutes, while it would take 4 hours for HTML. > > Paul Stauffer > staufferp@cder.fda.gov
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