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Re: Nuance PowerPDF Advanced is now Kofax PowerPDF Advanced

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From: L Snider
Date: Nov 11, 2019 5:14PM

Totally Bevi, thanks!

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 7:53 PM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Quote: "still don't get why this is so hard in 2019!" /End Quote
>
> Because we -- all of us from content creators to end users -- must tell
> our companies and vendors what we need.
>
> I beta test for many companies, small to large including "household name"
> companies. The decisions of every single one of them is made by the
> division that controls marketing and product development. This department
> considers 2 factors:
>
> 1. What they think they can advertise as a selling feature that puts them
> above their competition and makes you want to buy a new version of their
> software.
>
> 2. Feedback, feature requests, and suggestions from customers.
>
> I'd wager that factor number 1 controls about 90% of their decisions about
> product development, and 10% is based on customer feedback.
>
> And I've never met a Mar-Com person who knew anything about accessibility,
> Sec. 508 and other international laws, the WCAG and PDF/UA standards, or
> anything else about accessibility. Karen McCall's experience with the
> Kofax/Nuance representative is typical.
>
> There are 2 halves of accessibility:
>
> 1. A software program must give content creators the tools to make
> accessible files, and
> 2. A software program must give A T users the tools to access accessible
> files.
>
> The Kofax rep that Karen talked with clearly didn't understand this and
> only kept telling her to use their text-to-speech utility, the second half
> of accessibility.
>
> If we don't tell Kofax, FoxIt, Adobe, Microsoft, Freedom Scientific, etc.
> what we need, they won't build it.
>
> --Bevi
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of L
> Snider
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2019 3:33 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Nuance PowerPDF Advanced is now Kofax PowerPDF
> Advanced
>
> Hi Karen,
>
> Thanks so much for the update. This is discouraging news...I wonder if
> they will understand how much business they can get if they made (and keep)
> their program better than Acrobat.
>
> I still don't get why this is so hard in 2019!
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 3:18 PM Karlen Communications <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Duff:
> >
> > Yes, I was looking for a way, not to ad your e-mail to the post, to
> > have people contact you. I couldn't find anything called "Contacts."
> > Or "Contact Us."
> >
> > The Nuance update was not on my radar, but nice to know it will be
> updated.
> >
> > Kofax does have all of our serial numbers and contact information if
> > you've purchased Nuance PowerPDF Advanced, but you have to pro
> > actively call them to ask about updates. Their response is to monitor
> > the website to see if there are updates or upgrades. Not very user
> > friendly given the amount of $$$$ involved.
> >
> > Duff, can you keep us posted on any progress you or the PDF
> > Association is making regarding continued support for tagged PDF by
> > PowerPDF Advanced? Can I presume that the PDF Association is also
> > working with Foxit for Business to ensure that their entry into tagged
> PDF will evolve and continue?
> >
> > Cheers, Karen
> >
> > Hi Karen,
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > I think we also need to ask Duff Johnson of the PDF Association to
> > > contact Kofax and guide them through the understanding of ISO 32000
> > > chapter 14 and ISO 14289 and how important a client base those of us
> > > with disabilities are.not to mention the legislation around
> > > accessible
> > digital content.
> >
> > Thanks for the shout-out! I hear ya!
> >
> > > Sigh, I just went to the PDF Association website and there is no
> > > contact area!
> >
> > Nuance's listing hasn't yet been updated, that's true (it takes a
> > while)… or did you mean PDF Association contacts <
> > https://www.pdfa.org/local-contacts/>?
> >
> > > Also, there are parts of the website that do not follow WCAG for
> > > accessibility as some of the images still have their graphic filename.
> > Sigh.
> >
> > We are working our way through the images… but I thank you for the kick.
> > If there's a decent WordPress plugin to help with finding missing alt.
> > text I'd love to know about it. :-/
> >
> > > I think we need to be quite proactive if we want tagged PDF to
> > > evolve and have more options as tools for tagging.
> >
> > Always… and thank you, as ever, for your efforts in pushing the
> > industry forwards!
> >
> > Duff.
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