WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: questions about accessible pdfs

for

From: Sachin Pavithran
Date: Mar 1, 2004 12:12PM

Hi Jules,

I would definitely prefer the accessible version of PDF defined by the
Acrobat accessibility tool rather than the inaccessible version of PDF.
Although it is not the best , it is definitely better than nothing.



******************************************************

Sachin Dev Pavithran
Training and Development Specialist
Center for Persons with Disabilities
6800 Old Main Hill,
Logan, Ut - 84322
U.S.A.

Work Phone : 1-(435)-797 0974

Email : <EMAIL REMOVED>

Visit Us at http://www.cpd.usu.edu

******************************************************

----- Original Message -----
From: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:49 AM
Subject: RE: questions about accessible pdfs


> This is really good to know! Many thanks Sachin.
>
> Probably, inserting a title="PDF Document" in the <a> may help with at
least
> some of that but a PDF is a PDF and if a PDF is always difficult, the
title
> won't help with that but at least you are alerted to that.
>
> I am going to make this change to my pages.
>
> Sachin, is it better for you to work with an accessible PDF than an
> inaccessible PDF (accessibility defined by the Acrobat Accessibility
tool)?
>
> Jules
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Julian Rickards
> Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator
> Publications Services Section
> Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
> Phone: (705) 670-5608
> Fax: (705) 670-5690
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sachin Pavithran [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
>
> > Personally in my experience of using PDF's with JAWS even
> > recently, there
> > were times when it was really frustrating. especially when I
> > didn't know it
> > was a PDF file that was opening up. I wouldn't know what
> > happened when I
> > clicked the link and I've ended up closing the whole window.
> > I would rather
> > not even deal with PDF files, especially because navigating
> > in it is also
> > confusing and frustrating at times.
>
>
> ----
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, suspend, or view list archives,
> visit http://www.webaim.org/discussion/
>
>


----
To subscribe, unsubscribe, suspend, or view list archives,
visit http://www.webaim.org/discussion/