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RE: .pdf files and accessibility

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From: Kevin Spruill
Date: Apr 4, 2002 2:22PM

Interestingly enough - the access.adobe.com website provides HTML, and
plain-text versions of most of the documentation re: Acrobat and
Accessibility (glean what you will from that simple fact) - along with
documentation on how to convert PDF's to accessible plain html.

I'd have to agree - the level of effort required to generate accessible
pdf's is still fairly prohibitive in my opinion (only because I can
crank out an accessible html version of even the most complex layouts a
lot quicker than jumping through multiple hoops, ya know?). While the an
html version isn't "necessary" per se - I'd consider it the necessary
other half of the equation to ensure that the information is accessible
to all.



Kevin Spruill
National Library of Medicine
OCCS
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