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From: Geof Collis
Date: Jan 20, 2010 3:42PM

Hi Monir

I can appreciate that, I've come across a few pdf's that were quite
good, but they are very few and far between.

Try explaining that to a first time screen reader user who is
absolutely baffled by their first inaccessible pdf document, they
wont care, nor will a seasoned one like myself who has only ever come
across 1 or 2 in the 7 years I have used a screen reader.

It is far easier and less costly for them to give me a alternate
format than to make it accessible, especially if they are on a low budget.

I'm sorry that's just the way it is down here in the trenches, pdf
accessibility isn't a priority.

cheers

Geof