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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Nov 1, 2013 2:51PM

Mike Rollins wrote:
"I could go on, but the point is that software vendors have done little to
keep producing accessible PDFs from being drudge work for anything but the
simplest of documents."

Well said, Mike.
Mike didn't exaggerate when he said hundreds of hours on some documents.
That's just the accessibility part, not the writing, researching, editing,
design, and production.

Asking the software manufacturers and AT vendors "nicely" hasn't worked so
far.
I wonder how many lawsuits it will take before we see any change in
corporate behavior.

-Bevi Chagnon
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