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Re: HTML5 Image Description Extension (longdesc) is Proposed Recommendation

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From: L Snider
Date: Dec 9, 2014 6:43AM

But then we wind up with the issue I am facing, which is accessible PDFs
are not that accessible on Macs, Iphones and Android devices...and the
context of the image and the description is hard to keep track of...

I am curious how many times people use longdesc? I have never used it,
instead I have been able to use the text around an image to explain it so
it is usable for everyone.However, I could see cases where this might not
be possible....so I am curious as to its use.

Cheers

Lisa

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> > We still end up with many pieces for what should be a self-contained PDF
> file. With large websites (thousands and millions of pages and documents,
> such
>
> I thought PDF attachments could be embedded into the PDF and be one file?
>
> Jonathan
>
>