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Diane Scalzi <[log in to unmask]>
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Diane Scalzi <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:49:09 -0500
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The real test will be what it does with IRS tax forms and publications where
there are lots of columns.  If it can do proper decolumnization, I'm all for
it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ilene Sirocca" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: New Product


> I wrote to steve and asked if the PDF reader would get into those files
that
> are inaccessible with acrobat reader's newest version.  Here's his answer:
>
> We can get into any PDF File Even if it is a scanned image of a page.   We
> are designing  the PDF Reader  for the millions  of people who cannot
read.
> To make a PDF File accessible to screen readers you can do one of two
things
> use  the PDF Reader to convert a PDF File to MS Word  Or Use Our Text
Cloner
> Pro .
>
> Locked PDF files are not a problem.  We may get in a legal fight with
Adobe
> but until then we will make them accessible .
>
> Steve
>
> This sounds good to me.
>
> Ilene
>
>
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