- From: Jonni Burnham <Jonni.Burnham@tasc.dot.gov>
- Date: 31 Aug 2000 09:56:32 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
I'm writing to ask whether folks have experience with the Adobe
Systems pdf-to-html converter (found at
http://access.adobe.com/simple_form.html)
Specifically, did folks find it useful for assessing compliance with
Section 508 proposed standards for web accessibility.
What is your opinion is as to how accessible the end product is to
users with screen readers or other assistive technologies?
The web master at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports the
following:
"I decided to really give the converter a rough test, so I sent one of
BTS's more layout-intensive pdfs, the Pocket Guide to Transportation
(http://www.bts.gov/pg.pdf). I wasn't entirely displeased with the
way the converter handled paragraphs of text, but, as I suspected,
tables and certain figures were a problem. The converter also seemed
to rearrange large chunks of information so that they were in a
different order in the html document."
"I'm sure the usefulness of the converter is largely dependent on the
layout of individual pdfs, but I'm looking for any overall suggestions
or cautions you can give me. We want to make sure the work we do on
converting pdf formats to html is thorough, but we also want to make
sure that the converter is the best place to start."
Received on Thursday, 31 August 2000 10:00:40 UTC