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Re: Accessible PDFs from Google Doc/Presentation

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From: Kelly Lupo
Date: Jan 7, 2016 2:03PM

I literally just had this conversation about 2 hours ago in my office, but
a lot of the time, people feel that their information is 'secure' because
the PDF file cannot be directly edited by others... That was why they
wanted the documents in that format on the website - no matter how it was
initially created.

(I'm not sure they believed me when I told them I could take one of their
(currently inaccessible) PDFs, or even an image of text, and then make it
into an editable document in a few steps...)

Kelly

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> hello:"
> sorry i need to chime in here why save as a pdf any way why not save
> the docs or slides presentation to html google does a good job of making
> that accessable. what reason is there for a pdf of some thing that was
> born on the web.
>
> Lucia Greco
> Web Accessibility Evangelist
> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
> University of California, Berkeley
> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
> Follow me on twitter @accessaces
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Chagnon | PubCom.com < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > With respect, Duff, is it Acrobat that makes lousy files? Or is it the
> > lousy construction of the source Word (or Office) document that's the
> > problem?
> >
> > We're getting very good accessible PDFs from Word and PPT when the source
> > files are constructed correctly and exported correctly with Acrobat's PDF
> > Maker plug-in. I admit, there are some of the more complex items in Word
> > that fail the conversion, but they are being addressed.
> >
> > Plus, none of those extra programs make complaint PRESS files for those
> of
> > us who must communicate both in print and digitally.
> >
> > —Bevi Chagnon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> > Behalf Of Duff Johnson
> > Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 12:46 PM
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessible PDFs from Google Doc/Presentation
> >
> > > At this time, Adobe's products still reign supreme for PDFs, whether
> you
> > need a press-quality one for sending to the print shop, or an accessible
> > one for electronic distribution.
> >
> > With respect… not so. There are other products that do as good and in
> some
> > cases a much better job of creating tagged PDF from MS Word files (for
> > example) than Acrobat in its current incarnation.
> >
> > Moreover, some of these tools - typically the ones oriented specifically
> > towards accessibility - include far, far better resources than Acrobat
> > provides for ensuring accessibility of PDF documents.
> >
> > It's not my role to identify these vendors here.. but they exist, they
> > aren't hiding and their products are available for sale today.
> >
> > Duff.
> > > > > > at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >