Re: Accessible PDFs

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, David Poehlman wrote:

> 
> you are correct, print should not be served from the web but then much
> of print is inaccessible anyway.  If you want to serve print from the
> web, make it downloadable instead of viewable.

the only problem with that is, unless the creator has a summary that is
readable that says what the download is about, 9 times out of 10 you end
up downloading something you don't want or need and kill whatever time it
took to download.

Bob

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Smith" <matt@kbc.net.au>
> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:41 AM
> Subject: Accessible PDFs
> 
> 
> 
> Hi All
> 
> Seeing the responses, I think that the subject may be worth persuing;
> however, I do not actually created PDFs using Adobe software - I'm doing
> it all in a Linux environment via GhostScript; think I'd better find out
> the core requirement for Accessible PDF and work out whether GS can do
> it.
> 
> Personally, I think PDF is very relevant to a web discussion; when doing
> electronic design, I spend a lot of time on the sites of semiconductor
> manufacturers; those sites are packed with datasheets and no, they're
> not in HTML format...  I have yet to be convinced that HTML/CSS is a
> good way to serve print documents from the web which is why I'm using
> PDF in the first place.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> M
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