- From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:46:58 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
- cc: david poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>, WAI-IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Phill Jenkins wrote:
> >I think we're getting off the track. The question is not whether there
> >text in pdf or not or whether I can google it, the question is whether I
> >use it as it is and the answer is mostly no.
> >Johnnie Apple Seed
>
> I don't understand this logic. That because developers mostly don't
> follow guidelines for making the content in PDF documents compliant - we
> should require them instead to convert the content to HTML and make it
> compliant with HTML guidelines? If they didn't follow PDF guidelines why
> would they follow HTML guidelines?
The Real World knocks,
using any free, avaliable screen reader please tell me what time the next
bus comes Northbound on the M-8 Line at 59th street. (NYC)
hint html://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/
> The format is not the problem - it's whether the content follows the
> guidelines for that format!
but the format is the problem
Bob
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