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From: Bevi Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Sep 8, 2009 1:00PM

Summary (almost there):

Based on Jared and Karen's comments, and combined with an Adobe reference to
tagging abbreviations
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/pdf/A9-pdf-access-repair
-workflow.pdf, I think I have a workable solution for InDesign desktop
publishers who must export 508-accessible PDFs from their layouts.

Can I ask a favor? I have a test PDF uploaded to my website that has several
samples of upper-level Unicode characters in different usage scenarios. I
tried to replicate what I find my government publishers doing in their
InDesign layouts.

My goal is to find a way to let the designers create what they need to have
in the visual design and give 508-users a way to read the Unicode
characters.

Would a few screen reader users/list members take a quick look at the PDF
and let me know if it works? I'll post an online tutorial for the list when
I have the details worked out.

It's short.
It's here:
http://pubcom.com/newsletter/pdf-samples/3_Unicode-Test-2_corrected.pdf

Thanks in advance,
--Bevi Chagnon

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Government and non-profit publishing specialists for print, web, marketing,
Acrobat, & 508
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