Will the quality of translation be improved with these developments?  For
example I followed the link you provided and found a file called
AccessGuide.pdf that says it explains how to create accessible PDF files.
That material seemed only to be available as a PDF file and when I ran it
through the existing conversion options, it had the same long and short
line problems plus strange characters showing up in many locations.  The
collective result of these problems makes the material less readable.

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.



On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Loretta Guarino Reid wrote:

> Terri,
>   The screen reader will maintain the integrity as well as Acrobat will let
> it. And how well Acrobat does will depend on the way the PDF file is created.
> If it is created with full logical structure, it should present the full
> complexity of the document accurately. If the PDF file is unstructured,
> Acrobat will attempt to infer the structure, and your mileage will vary. For
> more details, see http://access.adobe.com/whatsnew.html
>
>         Loretta Guarino Reid
>         Adobe Systems
>
> > Has anyone tried this yet?  If so, does this bata of  Window-Eyes 4.1
> > maintain the integerity of a complex PDF document?
> >
> >
> > Terri Hedgpeth
> > Program Coordinator
> > Disability Resources
> > Arizona State University
> > Phone:  (480) 965-1232
> > Fax:    (480) 965-0441
> >
>