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Re: PDF will be legally accessible with the new 508

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From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Mar 25, 2010 1:15PM


PDF content accessibility should not be dependent upon a particular
screen reader product. If the content is tagged appropriately to meet
accessibility requirements, and the PDF "reader" renders the information
for inspection by the assistive technology--and then the assistive
technology doesn't utilize the information provided, well, time to look
at another technology.