RE: Publication for developers using Microsoft accessibility technologies

Interesting -- I'll report that to Microsoft!  I found the PDF version
of the magazine quite frustrating.  I tried several text extraction
utilities, and none produced a clean reading experience.  Most had
articles cross-mingled, presumably because they were in parallel
columns.  Adobe Reader did the worst text extraction.  My PDF2TXT
program
http://EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe

happened to do the best (out of about 4 I tried).  My program does not
always do the best job -- PDFs are so ideosyncratic that some techniques
work better than others on any given PDF.  I would have thought the PDF
was fully "tagged" for reading order with assistive technology.  Eitehr it
was not, or even with such tagging, PDF remains a dicey format for reading
magazines.

I still encourage folks to peruse the magazine for learning about
Microsoft's plans on Windows and Linux.

Jamal


On Sun, 29 Mar 2009, Holdsworth,
Lynn wrote:

> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:02:54 +0100
> From: "Holdsworth, Lynn" <Lynn.Holdsworth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Publication for developers using Microsoft accessibility
>     technologies
>
> That's certainly an interesting read.
>
> Also threw up a fascinating mathematical conundrum:-
>
> I rated an article as very poor (1 out of 5). Apparently I was the
> second person to rate the article, and over-all score was 4.5 out of 5.
>
> Very dodgy! I won't waste my time on their skewed rating system in the
> future. They're not in charge of online voting in Government elections,
> are they?
>
> Cheers, Lynn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
> Sent: 27 March 2009 20:24
> To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Program-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> UAccess-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Publication for developers using Microsoft accessibility
> technologies
>
> I received the email below after the CSUN conference, and found much
> useful information in the free magazine issue referenced, which is
> devoted
> to accessibility.
>
> Jamal
>
>
>
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> From: Michelle Maislen [mailto:Michelle.Maislen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:29 PM
> Subject: CoDe Focus Magazine - What's new in Windows 7 Automation API
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> Thanks again for taking the time to attend the Microsoft session(s) at
> CSUN. We hope you learned something new!
>
>
>
> Here is a link to the electronic copy of the CoDe Focus magazine titled
> Whats new in Windows 7 Automation API:
>
>
>
> http://www.code-magazine.com/DisplayIssue.aspx?id=01b61ca4-e574-468f-85d
> c-982e453d4984
>
>
>
> We look forward to seeing you again next year!
>
>
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Michelle Maislen
>
> Windows Accessibility Program Manager
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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