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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Jul 13, 2001 5:16PM

Hi Lanne,
You won't endanger your "Bobby Approved" status as long as you also provide
an alternative version that is accessible. A couple of other replies have
suggested putting up an HTML version alongside the PDF. If you do this you
can keep your Bobby badge.
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]On Behalf Of
> Lancaster, Lanne
> Sent: 12 July 2001 20:25
> To: 'WebAIM listserv'
> Subject: pdf files
>
>
> Has Adobe made their pdf files accessible (without that cumbersome plugin)
> yet? Our school was thinking of putting some of the syllabi, etc in pdf
> format but didn't want to endanger our hard-won Bobby badge. Has
> anyone had
> any experience with screen readers and PDFs?
>
> Lanne Lancaster
> Student Resources Coordinator
> Community College of Aurora
> 16000 E. CentreTech Parkway
> Aurora, Colorado 80011-9036
> 303-360-4784
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
>