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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Feb 10, 2006 7:45AM

There is no such thing as "ADA section 508."

What are you really trying to do?

--Kynn


On 2/10/06, Alex Tallon < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Yeah, ADA section 508. What I've got is a lot of PDFs of county maps or
> city maps, things like that. The link might be something like Adams
> county. You click on it and it brings up the PDF map of Adams county.
> I was wondering if something like this requires alt text saying "Adams
> County," or if the link was sufficient, or if it would need a lengthier
> description.
>
> Thanks.
>
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> >>> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 02/09/06 9:40 PM >>>
>
> Alex,
>
> You can provide alternative text to the PDF map if you have Adobe
> Acrobat
> Pro or if your authoring program provides for alternative text that
> will be
> included when the PDF document is created.
>
> Adding actual text (not an image of text incorporated in the graphic)
> to the
> document works as well.
>
> Whether the wording provided in your example is sufficiently
> descriptive
> depends on the context of the link.
>
> However, this wording seems likely to be insufficient as a standalone
>
> description of the map. Moreover, it doesn't provide the content and,
> again
> depending upon context, that may possibly be an issue.
>
> What are you trying to be compliant with, Section 508?
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
>
> In a message dated 2/9/2006 2:34:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> <EMAIL REMOVED> writes:
>
> I was wondering if anyone could tell me if you have a hyperlink to a
> PDF
> that is a map and the wording of the link is something like "Streams
> Display" is that sufficient for compliancy, or should you add alt
> text
> to the image saying the same thing?
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