- From: Lynn Alford <lynn.alford@jcu.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:25:40 +1000
- To: "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Quoting Tina Marie Holmboe <tina@elfi.org>: > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 03:40:38PM +1200, Graham Oliver wrote: > May I ask why you chose that particular format over one which is - or can > be made to be - accessible, such as HTML ? > > I must admit that I have little experience with it, but I can't say I've > run across programs that make Microsoft Word accessible to the blind, but > I > am certain they exist free of cost[1]. Just as a note, I've found that a little utility called upcast (review at http://www.pibweb.com/software/upcast.html) can quite nicely transform a well written Word document into XHTML or XML. The better the structure of the document, the better XHTML you will get. Lynn
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