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From: Sachin Pavithran
Date: Mar 1, 2004 12:17PM

Derek, I'd much rather use a Word document if I did have an option to
convert the PDF file to a word document. And as far as accessibility in
Word is concerned for JAWS users, I think it works great. Then again you
would run into the problem whether the user is running Word or not.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Featherstone" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 7:09 AM
Subject: RE: questions about accessible pdfs


> Sachin Pavithran wrote:
> > I would rather not even deal with PDF files
>
> Sachin -- a quick question for you -- JAWS works well with Microsoft Word
> doesn't it? Now, I know that not everyone has Word, and its far from an
> interoperable or open format, however - I found reference to a product
from
> ScanSoft that takes PDF documents and turns them into Word documents. I'm
> pretty sure it was called PDF Converter, and it takes the PDF and ports it
> to a Word file.
>
> If you were able to take a PDF and easily or automatically convert it to a
> Word document would that be better, relatively speaking, where the authors
> have not followed W3C guidelines to make accessible versions? (Again, I
know
> not everyone has Word or is on a PC, but for those using Assistive Tech
like
> JAWS, we can assume they are...)
>
> Best regards,
> Derek.
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> Derek Featherstone <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca
> Web Accessibility Testing and Services
> http://www.wats.ca 1.866.932.4878 (North America)
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