Seems to me OCR is the best solution, since many PDFs are simply a graphic image of the text and don't actually have any text in them. I have been looking for a convertor package to convert PDF to TIF format graphics file, as most OCR packages can read TIF files, but cannot find a free one (there's one called FreeBird for Acrobat Reader 4). Ian Francis On 12 Mar 2001, at 16:27, Howard Kramer wrote: > Can someone give me the lowdown on the accessibility of pdf files. My > understanding had been that you needed the adobe conversion program > and that the conversion provided pretty good access for the > screenreader user. I've also been told that you can save your pdf > files to be accessible without requiring translation though it > required a larger file. I've also heard that adobe is working on a > more accessible version. Is this correct? > Thanks in advance for any help in this matter. > > -Howard > > Howard Kramer > Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator > Disability Services > CU-Boulder, Campus Box 107 > Boulder, Co 80309 > 303-492-8672 >