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Re: Accessibility of Tagged Acrobat PDFs

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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Aug 14, 2003 9:07AM

Gerard,

Adobe PDF can be more accessible through the use of tagged text and other
techniques. One of the limitations is for people with visual imapriments
being able to change font families and have access to text equivalents for
graphic objects.

In general it is best to have a alternative to the PDF that uses an
alternative format to fill in the accessibility gaps of PDF.

Jon


On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Gerard Corboz wrote:

> I would like to know if anyone has experience with trying to make Acrobat
> PDF documents and forms accessible.
>
> What I'm interested in finding out is if whether or not Adobe's claims that
> Acrobat is accessible are accurate or just marketing fluff.
>
> Regards
>
> Gerard Corboz
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