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From: Prof Norm Coombs
Date: Apr 4, 2002 2:41PM

Kevin:

Your observation about the Adobe access page is very convincing!
Norm Coombs
CEO EASI
http://easi.cc
At 04:22 PM 4/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
>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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