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Re: PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) version 1.3 or version 2.0

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From: Samuel Hofer
Date: Aug 18, 2014 1:58PM

Hi Todd,

As developer of PAC 1.x and PAC 2.x I don't recommend to use PAC 1.3 any
longer. We've fixed many errors of PAC 1.3 in PAC 2.0

Thus, there is a good reason NOT to continue using an old version of PAC.
;-)

Samuel

> From: "Liko, Todd" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) version 1.3 or
> version 2.0
> Date: August 18, 2014 at 12:46:37 PM EDT
> To: "' <EMAIL REMOVED> '" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> Hello all.
>
> When testing accessibility of PDF documents, one of the tools I use is PAC
2.0. One of my colleagues tests for accessibility using version 1.3 and
version 2.0 of PAC because he says both versions capture different issues.
>
> In my own testing, I have found that issues identified in version 1.3 are
false positives and are not identified version 2.0. Has anyone else
experienced this?
>
> I see no reason to continue using an old version of a tool.
>
> Todd.
>
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