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From: Monir ElRayes
Date: Jan 28, 2010 4:24AM

The full accessibility checker produces too many false passes as it cannot
check for many structural issues in PDF. Human based checking (without the
help of proper tools) is simply too time consuming and requires a skill set
that average users do not possess.

What is really needed is a tool-based methodical approach to making PDF
accessible that combines tool checking and remediation with assisted user
input. The CommonLook tool
(http://net-centric.com/products/cl_s508_adobe.aspx) does that.

Cheers,
Monir