I recommend reading a recent white paper on PDF by the American Foundation
for the Blind.  People looking for magic bullets that make PDF accessible
will learn that there aren't any magic bullets that will work all the time,
or even most of the time.
         http://www.afb.org/AboutPDF.asp

At 11:46 AM 5/1/02 -0400, Joe Lazzaro wrote:
>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
> >

John Gardner
Professor and Director, Science Access Project
Department of Physics
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