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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Jan 26, 2010 9:33AM

Tags are automatically added in Standard by Acrobat, yes. But I thought that new tags could only be added in Professional?

This is correct.

Adobe claims that "Adobe is an industry leader in accessibility and supports the creation of outstanding web experiences by encouraging web developers to produce rich, engaging content that is accessible to all."
This does not jibe with making accessibility features exclusively available to wealthier organizations.

Acrobat Pro pricing for non-volume licenses starts at $159 for education customers, which I don't think locks out all but the most wealthy customers. Prices are more for business customers, but again there are volume discounts.

Web developers are not being encouraged to create accessible experiences when Adobe ships Flash, Flex, and Dreamweaver with accessibility features turned off, and when the features that can be made accessible are such a small percentage of the feature-set.

The upcoming Flex 4 enables accessibility by default.
Dreamweaver has enabled accessibility features by default for the last two releases.
Flash files don't need accessibility to be enabled.

AWK

-Julie Strothman
User Experience Researcher and Designer
Landmark College
Putney VT

>>> Andrew Kirkpatrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 01/26/10 11:00 AM >>>
Modifying tags does require Acrobat Pro, but tags are added in Acrobat Standard.

Thanks,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick

Senior Product Manager, Accessibility

Adobe Systems

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