[jaws-uk] Re: .pdf files & Adobe.
- From: "Colin Baxter" <C.R.Baxter@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:29:07 +0100
Hi Robin and all,
As a user who has been in your position, I can happily confirm that .PDF is
no longer a major problem, though there are occasional unpleasant surprises.
For instance, I recently received a copy of an article written by a Dutch
lawyer and couldn't read it at all, in spite of the fact thatit looked
perfect on the screen. Whatever I did, Jaws thought all the pages were
blank. Maybe the document was locked in the way that Tristram described.
One thing that Tristram didn't mention was that in later versions of Adobe
it is a relatively easy job to convert documents into other formats. I
sometimes do this in order to achieve a more friendly format for my braille
display of if I'm going to be wanting to do lots of 'Find' operations in the
document.
Good luck
Colin
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robin Clayden
Sent: 08 June 2005 10:56
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] .pdf files & Adobe.
Hi all,
Could one of you experts on here perhaps throw your thoughts into the
ring on this old chestnut.
Reports are being aired that PDF documents will soon be used extensively
on our student and staff Eportal on the college network. Our disability
adviser isn't too happy about this, and has asked me to perhaps get
involved in a campaign for opposing the move.
I must admit I haven't had the need to use JFW and Adobe very often, but
I do believe the accessibility issues are much improved, however, is
this perhaps only the case if you are running more up to date platforms
and indeed the newer versions of Jaws?
For example, can jfw versions 3.5 to say, 5.1 enjoy the much improved
accessibility features, and/or does XP have any advantages over Win '95
or '98?
Finally, one thing that's often intrigued me, is why PDF? Is there some
magic answer as to why this is a preference, and is there a perfectly
feesible alternative?
Any article references welcome too.
Kind regards,
Robin Clayden, Switchboard.
Edinburgh College of Art.
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