Re: Accessing PDFs from Jerry Weichbrodt on 2002-10-23 (w3c-wai-ig@w3.org from October to December 2002)

From: Jerry Weichbrodt <gerald.g.weichbrodt@ived.gm.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:53:34 -0400
To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Message-ID: <005d01c27ab4$b97c0590$1c89ac82@GMTC.MPG.GM.COM>

No, but if a PDF contains no textual information but only bitmapped images
of the text, then the blind user is totally out of luck.

Regards,
Jerry Weichbrodt

----- Original Message -----
From: "RUST Randal" <RRust@COVANSYS.com>
To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:22 PM
Subject: Accessing PDFs


>
> Don't yell at me for asking this.  It's something that I really haven't
paid
> much attention to in the past.
>
> Are PDFs completely inaccessible to all screen readers?  I'm assuming so,
> based on recent events
>
> ----------
> Randal Rust
> Covansys, Inc.
> Columbus, OH
>

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