PDF files are barely accessible, and Adobe has been less than helpful
about fixing bugs that stand in the way of accessibility. If you read the
information about PDF accessibility from the Adobe site, you will get a
false impression of just how accessible PDF really is. In summary, avoid
PDF if you can. But if you must go PDF, look at the fac on www.webaim.org
as it's fair and balanced.



Joseph J. Lazzaro
HTTP://JoeLazzaro.Com

On Wed, 1 May 2002, C.L. Sanders wrote:

> Hi There, I am very interested in any PDF to HTML or text converters, which
> produce a product well read by screen readers. Our web development team is
> looking for an answer.  Thus far I have found that Magellan is not usable,
> as it applies layering, the PDF2Text product seems alright, but needs hands
> on to complete conversions.  I will be looking at OmniPage, OCR, as well.
>
> This is an excellent group to survey for acceptable products, for those of
> us in the web field.  I appreciate your feedback on what has worked for you
> when handling PDF formatted documents.
>
> Thank you
>