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From: Laura Roberts
Date: Dec 11, 2023 9:42AM

Speaking of Foxit. I reported the bug where screen readers don't read
expansion text. It got assigned to a senior tech guy and he made a video
confirming this and reported it to their dev team. So hopefully it will be
fixed eventually.
(At least Foxit doesn't relegate reports like this to "UserVoice" like
Adobe does (and ignores everything there). I have some small hope Foxit
might improve in the accessibility arena. Remains to be seen.)

On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 8:54 AM Karen McCall < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Morning!
> For those who use Foxit for PDFs, I got an e-mail from Foxit this weekend
> stating that, as of "now", they are ending the "upfront payments" or single
> payment option for Foxit.
> The subscription price starts at $18.99 per month CAD. At least I think
> it's CAD. It might be USD.
> Just a heads-up for those who switched to Foxit to save money. Not so much
> anymore!
> There is no indication that our stand-alone/single purchase versions will
> expire, but I imagine there won't be any updates.
> Do not switch to Kofax PowerPDF to try and save money. It is the worst of
> the 3 in terms of tagging capability. Even taking a well-structured Word
> document, the results are only P, Figure and some table tags. It is not a
> viable alternative.
> Cheers, Karen
> > > > >


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Best regards,
Laura Roberts
413-588-8422