- From: Rafael Romero <Rafael.Romero@uv.es>
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:35:32 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, accesoweb@onelist.com
A positive answer from Europe. Best regards, Rafael Romero. >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:51:38 +0100 >To: <Rafael.Romero@uv.es>, <F.godinho@mail.telepac.pt>, > <SMccaffr@mail.nysed.gov>, <CHARLES@w3.org>, <Jfox@fenix2.dol-esa.gov>, > <SINArmaya@retemail.es>, <JRomanac@dial.eunet.es>, <ATEc@ctv.es> >Subject: Re: PDF documents in eEurope + eEurope proposal of online > International Petition > >Dear all, > >Thank you for your interest in eEurope and your emails. > >We will be collating all of the comments received by the eEurope mailbox into a >discussion document to be placed on the website in February 2000. >Your commens will be taken into account in this context. > >Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information or comments. > > >Best regards, > > >Alexandra Sälzer >Directorate General Information Society > >***** Original message follows ******** > >To the attention of eEurope site webmaster. > >Dear sir or madam, > >I would encourage you to facilitate all texts relating to this new exciting >initiative also in HTML format. > >Presently they can only be downloaded as PDF and this takes more than ten times >longer than the equivalent HTML files. Not only so. PDF files do not allow to >copy the text easily for citing in another documents and the users need an >especific plugin to render them in their computers. > >More importantly, this format is not accessible for people with disabilities >that can not use standards graphical browsers, like blind people. This would be >hence a good way to start implementing what is intended as priority area 7, >which is eParticipation of the disabled in the information society. > >For more information about accessible web design you could visit the site of the >W3C Web Accessibility Initiative at http://www.w3.org/WAI > >Yours sincerely, > >Rafael Romero. > --------------------------------------------- > | mailto:Rafael.Romero@uv.es | > | Unidad de Investigación ACCESO | > | Universitat de Valencia (Spain) | > | C/ Artes Gráficas 13, 46010 Valencia | > | Tel: +34-963 864 135 Fax: +34-963 864 758 | > | http://acceso.uv.es/ | > --------------------------------------------- > >
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