- From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:48:22 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Bob composed on 2015-01-23 14:50 (UTC-0500): > one of the problems I face is not the big players universities and > companies but the small volunteer groups that just upload pdf documents > and that's as far as they go, churches and affinity groups want to be on > line but the volunteers running the websites rarely have any training or > even know what the W3C is much less what they say. > one reason I just say "avoid pdf" to these groups. No matter how much PDF/UA or ISO 32000-1 are prettified with access capability, PDFs remain as Jakob Nielsen described on https://web.archive.org/web/20030716054032/http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030714.html more than a decade ago - designed for printing, not reading on a PC screen. As most are presented, they are a web accessibility plague exceeded only by Flash, if even that. > as you say is a real shame the tools are behind a paywall (which is > technically illegal in the USA) small groups churches volunteers etc $88 > may be a significant part of their budgets -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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