- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@contenu.nu>
- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 14:52:37 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@W3.org, poehlman1@home.com
>the question still remains because PDF is not considered to be >accessible for the majority of individuals who use voice output. They'll have to upgrade. Time marches on, you know. >the only accessibility it affords in its latest incarnation is that >which is derived from using windows 95 or higher with the latest >screen access tools. Actually, Acrobat 5 or later used with any screen reader that can manipulate Acrobat 5 will do an OK job muddling through even old PDFs. Tagged PDFs, which are still very difficult to make, will read out best of all, but a linear document like the Nielsen Norman report will probably read adequately well. Tables and illustrations will remain a problem, but the prose will be mostly accessible. None of this was ever true with Acrobat 4 and earlier; version 5 adds significant new logic to make educated guesses even with untagged PDFs. -- Joe Clark | joeclark@joeclark.org | <http://joeclark.org/access/> Accessibility articles, resources, and critiques || "I do not pretend to understand the mind of Joe Clark" -- Larry Goldberg
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