I think that so long as document creators can produce a pdf file that is
a graphic only without any OCR, then we will always have documents that
aren't accessible. Converting a graphic to characters needs to be an
integral and embedded part of the process.
Regards,
James
James Bailey
Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, John Nissen wrote:
> Hello Loretta,
>
> Nice to see somebody from Adobe involved here. It used to be
> T V Raman. I'd like to see an optimised translation to HTML,
> and conformance to WAI content guidelines for the generated
> HTML, assuming the structure of the original document is
> reasonable. HTML is the lingua franca for accessibility, with
> XML to be added in the future.
>
> Cheers from Chiswick,
>
> John
>
> P.S. I'm worried when Kelly says that "the accessible PDF
> is still going to take a lot of work on the part of the person
> creating the source document." If that is true, PDF is a lost
> cause for accessibility. It is hard enough getting people to
> make their web sites accessible.
>
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> In message <[log in to unmask]>
> Loretta via [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> >Kelly,
> >
> > Considerable work has gone into improving Acrobat's ability to present the
> >content in logical order. The support is direct via MSAA, rather than via
> >translation to HTML, and the current translation tools don't reflect these
> >improvements. When the Acrobat 5.0 Reader is available, I hope you'll find
> >AccessGuide.pdf easier to read.
> >
> > Loretta
>
> >> I'm just curious. I do view the recent developments as a step forward but
> >> think the accessible PDF is still going to take a lot of work on the part
> >> of the person creating the source document.
>
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