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From: Denis Boudreau
Date: May 11, 2010 6:27PM

Hi folks,

A friend of mine asked me a question I have no answer for. I'm hoping you guys can provide some insights.

If documents were to be published in ePub format instead of PDF, would they have a better potential for "out-of-the-box" accessibility?

I am quite familiar with the potential/limitations and procedure required to make a PDF document accessible. I know what kind of effort it takes, and what we can squeeze out of the format.

However, I have no clue about the accessibility potential of the ePub format which makes it impossible for me to compare. According to what Google says on the matter, ePub is appearently recognized as an accessible format, but what about it? Any thoughts on the subject?

Does it even make sense to try and compare them?

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Denis Boudreau
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