Is this going to include FrameMaker itself does anyone know?
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From: "Aaron Bangor" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 19 April 2000 3:08 AM
Subject: Jaws for Windows and .pdf


> >Henter-Joyce Announces Plans to Provide Adobesupport in Jaws for
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> >Screen Reader
> >ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2000--Leading
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> >technology software developer Henter-Joyce, a division of Freedom=20
> >Scientific, announces its efforts to offer accessibility to Adobe=20
> >Acrobat(R) Portable Document Format (PDF) files using their JAWS(R)
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> >Windows(R) (JFW) Screen Reader Software.
> >Henter-Joyce and Adobe are working together to make Adobe PDF files
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> >accessible to blind and low vision computer users. This new
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> >is planned to be available in conjunction with the next release of the=20
> >Adobe Acrobat Reader(R) software.
> >The new standard in today's corporate environment is to present data in
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> >visually appealing fashion, and as more blind and low vision managers
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> >executives emerge, the products to create them need to be accessible.=20
> >Additionally, many IRS forms, catalogs, and products in the private,=20
> >business, and government sectors are only available in PDF format.
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> >also need to be accessible to the millions of visually impaired
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> >users.
> >The Acrobat PDF project is a direct response to the needs of persons
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> >visual impairments. Currently, Adobe PDF files are 'unreadable
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> >to screen-reading software. The JFW development team is working with
Adobe=
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> >to make these graphics accessible without special plug-in requirements
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> >enabling JFW to gather the information behind it and translate it into=20
> >speech. The goal is to provide the same user experience regardless of
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> >underlying structure of the information.
> >"Henter-Joyce will extend its virtual cursor technology to provide the=20
> >same level and ease of access to Adobe PDF documents as it now does
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> >documents written in HTML. We want it to look and feel like HTML to
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> >JFW user," stated Glen Gordon, chief technology officer, Henter-Joyce.
> >"Adobe is strongly committed to working with assistive technology
leaders=
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> >such as Henter-Joyce to make the breadth of web content available in
Adobe=
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> >PDF more accessible. With Adobe PDF support in the JFW Screen-Reader,
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> >visually impaired individual will have a much easier and transparent=20
> >solution for accessing these documents," stated Rick Brown,
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> >software product manager, ePaper Solutions Group, Adobe Systems Inc.
> >Henter-Joyce will be at the upcoming FOSE Government Document
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> >Conference & Expo in the Section 508 area, in Washington, DC, April
18-20.
> >Henter-Joyce has led the assistive technology field since 1987 by=20
> >developing screen reading software that not only allows access to
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> >Windows based software applications, but also contains scripts that=20
> >enhance the user's experience through an extensive array of board=20
> >shortcuts and function keys.
> >JFW is currently working worldwide in homes, offices, call centers,=20
> >government agencies, and educational facilities of all levels. Recent=20
> >developments have expanded the enhanced support provided by JFW to
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> >contact management software, extensive Internet navigation, and=20
> >presentation graphics software. About Henter-Joyce, a division of
Freedom=
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> >Scientific: Henter-Joyce provides screen reading and screen
magnification=
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> >software products that are compatible with most of today's
applications=20
> >running on the Windows 95, 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000
Professional=20
> >platforms. Henter-Joyce leads by example, with software developed by
blind=
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> >and visually impaired people, for blind and visually impaired people.
Our=
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> >founder and the majority of our development, telesales, technical
support,=
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> >and testing personnel, are either blind or visually impaired,
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> >for over 40 percent of our Staff. The mission of Freedom Scientific is
to=
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> >change the world for people with sensory and learning disabilities by=20
> >creating innovative, technology based products and solutions.
> >For more information about Henter-Joyce and their screen reader and
screen=
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> >magnification software, tutorials and training, please go to their Web=20
> >site at www.hj.com, or call 800/336-5658. --30--sr/sd* ts/sd CONTACT:=20
> >Henter-Joyce Inc.
> >Laura Stephan, 800/336-5658 ext. 1044
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