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From: Spruill, Kevin (NIH/NLM)
Date: Dec 9, 2003 10:28AM

Jason,

Thanx for the due diligence, and checking in w/ Ken. There's only one
problem with this... Considering the fact that most universities, and state
govt's are codifying practices that mimic if not directly adhere to the
Section 508 guidelines, the question is moot. Similarly, the main point that
most commentors have made to you and Giorgio is this...

Universities, and other entities could mistakenly view the use of your new
Transcoder, and the provision of equivalent text only pages as being
sufficient to meet compliance. Hence my initial comments to you suggesting a
re-wording of the marketing materials and overall effort. It really is that
simple. Unfortunately, in the effort to defend the companies efforts, the
main complaints and problems aren't being addressed.

No one said the tool or by extension the company was evil... We're just
worried that it will be misused/misapplied and therefore do more damage than
good.

HK