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From: Julie Strothman
Date: Jan 26, 2010 9:00AM

It's true that we all need to advocate for use of best practices during
authorship.
However, as long as adding and modifying tags is only available as a premium
feature, Adobe's message is that accessibility is non-standard.


On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Andrew Kirkpatrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> > I like that , PDFu, I'll start using it as it is very fitting.
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> You've been outspoken in your criticism of PDF and Adobe on this list, and
> that's fine because we are making software for our users and it improves
> when we talk with and listen to our users. It is exciting and gratifying to
> get productive feedback from users who discuss their issues with us and then
> see improvements in the products that help address those issues. However, I
> don't think that adding a letter to make a double entendre out of PDF is
> going to help these conversations remain productive no matter how frustrated
> you are with the format.
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> > I still cant let Adobe off the hook completely because I dont see enough
> from them stating that they need to be made accessible and
> > that it doesn't come accessible right out of the box.
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> I'm always looking for ways to improve our messages so that PDF files,
> Flash files, and anything else produced by an Adobe product stands an
> improved chance of being accessible. I'm sure that I've said things like
> "if you follow best practices during authoring then your PDF file can be
> accessible" but perhaps others are saying that PDF is a magic format that
> compensates for author's neglect of accessibility. I'm happy to take
> suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
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> Andrew Kirkpatrick
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> Senior Product Manager, Accessibility
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> Adobe Systems
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