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Question about accessibility of Adobe 5.0
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Alan Cantor <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 7 Jun 2001 12:53:33 -0400
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Hello EASI Colleagues,

What is the status of PDF accessibility? Adobe 5.0 is supposed to support
accessible PDF files, and there is a plug-in on the Adobe web site for
checking files for proper tagging. (I have heard that the document user is
prompted to provide missing tags.) Assuming that the person who generates the
PDF file conscientiously provides appropriate tags, are the resulting
documents screen reader accessible?

Does it matter what type of viewer the user has? Will an Acrobat 3.0 viewer
display and work properly with a screen reader, or does the user need to
update their viewer?

Any other comments about Adobe 5.0 and accessibility are welcome!

Alan

Alan Cantor
Cantor + Associates Inc.
Workplace Accommodation Consultants
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