[access-uk] Re: General questions
- From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:16:21 +0100
Hmmm - tricky question.
A pdf document can actually contain content in a range of formats. If
one of those formats is text then there is no good reason why the
document can't be accessible to screenreaders and other assistive
technologies. The problem is that many packages which create pdf files
simply take an image of the document so your pdf ends up being a picture
of a document, not a text copy of it. The only reliable way to tell is
to try it and see. Once you have a pdf with text in it there are a
number of things you can do to that text to make it easier for a
screenreader to navigate. For example use the bookmarks tab to build the
structure. If it is Adobe Acrobat which is being used then the easiest
way to create an accessible document is to make a well structured Word
document and then use the 'make pdf' option in the PDF toolbar.
Adrian Higginbotham
Accessibility content manager
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Hannah Day
Sent: 01 August 2007 14:04
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] General questions
Hi all. i would like to know if pdf dockuments are accessible with jaws.
as my vollentary work placement which it's a organisation for disabled
people are in progress of making a website and they would like to know
wheater they should have the damloads on the site in word or in pdf
thanks hannah
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