Hi Justin,
Wow! that's great that some Apple software and hardware can read it. That
answers my question posted in a message sent after I got Pat's original and
responded.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Mann" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: Inaccessible Reader Medium for Ham Radio Publications
Pat,
've had god luck reading zinio magazines from my iPhone. I'd be curious
trying to test "World Radio" and "Cq" Can you send a link to both?
Thanks
On Dec 16, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Patrick Tice wrote:
> Greetings, Listers!
>
> I've been away from the list for a while, mostly depending on the list
> archives to help me answer questions Handiham members ask me. Now I'm =
> back
> again because I want to bring forward a troubling new development. We =
> all
> know that we are on the cusp of a major change in the publishing world.
> While digital publication can greatly enhance accessibility to blind
> computer users, we cannot necessarily assume that new publishing formats
> will necessarily be compliant with accepted accessibility standards. To
> illustrate this, I am pasting the following message that I received from =
> the
> Zinio Support folks, then I will fill you in a bit more. Here is the
> e-mail:=20
>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for contacting Zinio Customer Support.=20
>
> Unfortunately Zinio publications are not compatible with screen readers, =
> we
> apologize for the inconvenience.
>
> If I can be of further assistance, please let me know.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Eric Folsom
> Zinio Customer Support
>
> Okay, this is pretty much what I suspected because I was unable to =
> highlight
> any text in the Zinio Reader, and the browser-based version gave similar
> results. However, the publications Zinio supports are searchable for
> keywords, so there must be some sort of embedded text underlying the
> graphical text presentation. I am by no means a screenreader user =
> myself
> since I can see the pages, but NVDA hadn't a clue as to the main body =
> text
> in any of the pages when tested with Worldradio Online Magazine, which =
> does
> use the Zinio system along with CQ and many other magazines. The Zinio
> Reader does include easy to use font resizing, but the lack of =
> screenreader
> support is troubling. =20
>
> As I said, we are going to find more and more publications on line in =
> the
> coming years, most sooner rather than later. In the January 2012 QST =
> there
> is a mention of the anticipated mid-year rollout of a digital version of
> QST. I want to emphasize that I have no information on which publishing
> platform ARRL will be using and whether it will be screenreader =
> accessible,
> but it is painfully apparent that inaccessible design can be carried =
> forward
> into the new publishing medium. This is shown clearly in the step =
> backwards
> from Worldradio Online in PDF with embedded text several issues ago =
> prior to
> the change to the Zinio Reader versus the current "apologize for the
> inconvenience" situation we have now. =20
>
> I don't fault the Worldradio Online people for this - they are simply =
> using
> an on line publishing company. And in fair disclosure, I do write the =
> "With
> the Handihams" column that appears regularly in WR. But I think that =
> any
> company that delivers online media, especially digital print =
> publications
> for heaven's sake, should be able to provide screenreader access.=20
>
> Can we start a civil discussion about this, and put together some kind =
> of
> informational message and action plan about what should be expected
> regarding accessibility? I know that the ADA does not necessarily =
> require
> accessibility, but we all know that it is the right thing to do, and =
> that it
> is also not a good business plan to exclude potential readers. =20
>
> 73,
> Pat
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Regards,=A0
>
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