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Re: PowerPoint accessibility-alt question

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From: Whitney Quesenbery
Date: Apr 24, 2014 3:18PM

My vote is for inexcusable, especially as the difference is really how the
PDF files are handled under the covers. You'd still make the PDF file the
same way - but it would be a better, smarter file. Of course the results
are a profound difference to users.


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Lisa Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Thanks everyone. I have worked with PCs mainly for the last 14 years. I am
> now using a Mac for my main computer and thought we were further ahead.
>
> Is it just me or is this inexcusable for 2014?
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Duff Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > > Just wondering....so you have evidence to support that PDF is
> accessible
> > to AT users on Macs and IOS?
> >
> > The correct description of the problem is:
> >
> > "No vendor, Apple included, yet supports accessible PDF on Mac OS or
> iOS."
> >
> > :-(
> >
> > Duff.
>
>
>
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