Hi Rich,
Yes, indeed, so PDF is not yet what I would call an accessible document
format in most cases.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: accessible materials
> Hi;
> I think I agree. If we have established that test materials are available
> elsewhere in "accessible form" what other materials are we looking for and
> more importantly, what will I do with all this stuff once it is
> accessible?
> For me, one of the more significant issues is that the screen reader folks
> (jfw or window eyes) haven't satisfactorily resolved pdf issues. I can
> download and convert a pdf file to txt alright. The end result, however,
> is
> often very unsatisfactory.
> Rich
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 8:35 PM
> Subject: Re: accessible materials
>
>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> I guess not having this material doesn't bother me as much because I know
>> that, as a blind person, I'm not going to be able to reasonable expect to
>> independently build any of these projects. I'm ultimately going to be
>> working with one or more sighted hams on these anyway, so their
>> accessibility isn't as important to me. I'm sure you're going to tell me
>> how I'm wrong, how you've done lots of things without need of any sighted
>> help. I hope that is the case.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 6:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: accessible materials
>>
>>
>>> Gary, that sounds like an excellent idea. While I do find study
>>> materials
>>> generally workable as they are there is essentially nothing out there.
>>> It
>>> is a
>>> shame that we get QST on tape but have no way to look at advertising or
>>> to
>>> build
>>> the projects in there. Those are the kind of materials which really
>>> need
>>> to be
>>> made accessible but the question on them is one of hobby work so they
>>> stay
>>> locked away from blind folks. I would be glad to do what I can to help
>>> with
>>> such a project.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>>> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
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