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From: Monir ElRayes
Date: Feb 12, 2010 9:51AM

Andrew,

I appreciate the elaboration on some of these subtler points. I also totally
agree that a well-structured PDF document is typically significantly more
accessible that a text "equivalent" since PDF can preserve the structure of
the document.

One thing I want to emphasize though regarding tagging is that it is
important that organizations, especially those that have a formal
accessibility policy, develop an accessibility process that produces
consistent results. Such a process would necessarily involve tagging
(preferably by generating a tagged document directly from the authoring
tool) as well as ensuring the tags are applied correctly.

Best Regards,

Monir ElRayes
President
NetCentric Technologies