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RE: PDF files and Section 508 Compliance

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: May 16, 2005 1:07PM

> I'm lost as to what to do that doesn't present a big
> accessibility problem - even if I had .doc, .pdf, .txt
> formats and an html form all available on the site.

Oh...also, we had this problem ourselves. We had a PDF form that we found
out wasn't accessible to JAWS. The solution (not necessarily ideal) was to
rewrite the form as a simple Word DOC:

1. question 1

2. question 2

Etc,

Which ended up being MUCH more accessible...at least to JAWS. Offering both
simply makes it more accessible to a broader audience.

-Darrel