Hi, The PDF icon worked for me yesterday afternoon. Jim Jim Homme, Usability Services, Phone: 412-544-1810 Skype: jim.homme Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility here. -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:53 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Floss manuals for people with vision impairment Chris, just FYI, the makePDF icon on the site doesn't really work. But, folks, the view/print converts to html very nicely. On 3/31/10, Chris Hofstader <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I suggest that you get together with Jamal and Elf to figure out a strategy > for distributing the books in whatever formats are necessary. > > cdh > On Mar 31, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Homme, James wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> I'd be glad to convert for people as I have the time. >> >> Jim >> >> Jim Homme, >> Usability Services, >> Phone: 412-544-1810 >> Skype: jim.homme >> Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility >> here. >> <image001.gif> >> >> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris >> Hofstader >> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:21 AM >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: Floss manuals for people with vision impairment >> >> Isn't there a tool somewhere that converts PDF to html? >> >> I don't want to ask the Floss people to do anything much beyond sending us >> their books. >> >> cdh >> On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Jared Wright wrote: >> >> >> Seconding Sina, I know they said PDF is easier, but if they could produce >> HTML editions without too much inconvenience it'd be fantastic. >> >> Jared >> >> On 3/30/2010 3:53 PM, Chris Hofstader wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Deborah, the FSF membership coordinator, and I sent an email to the person >> in charge of Floss Manuals, the company that published the command line >> tutorial I mentioned earlier. Adam says that almost all of their books use >> GPL as their license and that he can provide their entire catalogue in PDF >> rolled up into a big .tar >> file. His note is below. >> >> This is all happening pretty fast so I haven't had the chance to take a >> look at the rest of the books they have but I'd bet that some will >> interest some of you. >> >> If Jamal or Elf want, they can take the entire .tar open it up and put as >> much as they like on their sites. If PDF needs to be converted to text, >> I'm sure that won't be too hard. >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> >> From: adam hyde <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> hey Chris and Deborah, >> >> All books from FLOSS Manuals are available under a free license and you >> are welcome to use them as you choose for free as long as the same >> license is maintained (we use the GPL for all books except 3 or 4 which >> are either CC-BY-SA or FDL). We can provide PDF, plain html (each book >> on one page) or odt. Probably for us the PDF is the easiest to provide. >> >> Here is an example of a PDF from us: >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/Ardour/FM_22Mar10.pdf >> >> we can provide you with a tar of all the manuals in pdf if you like... >> >> adam >> >> Founder FLOSS Manuals >> German mobile : + 49 177 4935122 >> Email : adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> irc: irc.freenode.net #flossmanuals >> >> "Free manuals for free software" >> http://www.flossmanuals.net/about >> >> >> >> >> >> This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended >> solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If >> you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender >> immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you >> must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the >> author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do >> not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or >> affiliates. > > -- Change the world--1 deed at a time Jackie McBride www.abletec.serverheaven.net Please join me Saturday, 11/7, on my walk against breast cancer by making a donation at: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/larkspur> __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind