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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Nov 20, 2013 9:23AM

Checking the PDF's metadata, it appears that the accessibility problems were
caused by
1) an older version of Word was used to create the source document.
2) an older version of Acrobat PDF Maker (version 10) was used to convert
the Word file to PDF.
3) an under-trained person made the document.

In other words, outdated software and user errors.

At first glance, yes I agree that it's ironic that their PDF isn't
accessible.
But then again, they're experts at video accessibility, not document or
website accessibility. Although there are many facets of accessibility that
span across those 3 types of communication, it's difficult to be an expert
in all of them.

So although they may know the ins and outs of making an accessible video for
You Tube, that doesn't guarantee they know anything about how to write,
design, structure and format a Word document so that it creates an
accessible PDF.

-Bevi Chagnon
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