[NABS-L] Pdf articles as an image

[Karl Martin Adam]

Well,=20what=20you=20said=20was,=20"It=20is=20really=20no=20problem=20to=20=
post=20
properly=20tagged=20PDF=20documents=20which=20can=20be=20read=20by=20screen=
=20
readers."=20=20That's=20simply=20false.=20=20If=20it=20were=20easy,=20it=20=
wouldn't=20be=20
any=20hardship=20for=20us=20students=20to=20make=20the=20files=20accessible=
=20
ourselves.=20=20Maybe=20instructors=20need=20to=20do=20it=20anyway=20despit=
e=20it=20
being=20a=20lot=20of=20work=20(I=20think=20they=20do),=20but=20that's=20a=20=
very=20
different=20thing=20from=20claiming=20that=20it's=20no=20big=20deal,=20and=
=20
instructors=20are=20just=20choosing=20not=20to=20make=20things=20accessible=
.=20=20And=20
I=20think=20we=20need=20to=20acknowledge=20the=20kind=20of=20work=20we're=20=
demanding=20
from=20instructors,=20most=20of=20whom=20are=20under=20payed=20and=20over=20=
worked=20
adjuncts=20or=20under=20payed=20and=20over=20worked=20grad=20students.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Emily=20Schlenker=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2020=20Aug=202018=2017:26:23=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[NABS-L]=20Pdf=20articles=20as=20an=20image

Actually,=20I=20work=20in=20the=20media=20resource=20center=20at=20my=20uni=
versity=20
and=20spend=20a=20great=20deal=20of=20time=20talking=20to=20people=20whose=
=20job=20it=20is=20
to=20make=20these=20things=20accessible=20and=20train=20the=20professors=20=
how=20to=20
either=20do=20so=20or=20find=20other=20material.=20I=20never=20said=20it=20=
was=20easy,=20I=20
just=20said=20it=20was=20not=20necessary=20to=20have=20an=20inaccessible=20=
version=20of=20
most=20articles=20and=20that=20people=20can=20and=20should=20be=20trained=20=
to=20do=20
better.=20Apologism=20and=20accessibility=20are=20often=20not=20compatible.=


Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

=20On=20Aug=2020,=202018,=20at=205:16=20PM,=20Karl=20Martin=20Adam=20via=20=
NABS-L=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wrote:

=20Hi=20Emily,=20It's=20actually=20not=20so=20simple.=20=20Most=20of=20the=
=20time=20when=20an=20
instructor=20posts=20an=20image=20PDF,=20that=20was=20the=20way=20the=20art=
icle=20was=20
available=20to=20them=20through=20the=20library=20or=20that's=20what=20thei=
r=20
scanner=20(often=20used=20by=20a=20random=20student=20research=20assistant=
=20
produced).=20=20It=20isn't=20any=20easier=20for=20the=20instructor=20to=20c=
onvert=20
such=20a=20document=20than=20it=20is=20for=20us=20blind=20students=20to=20d=
o=20so.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Emily=20Schlenker=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20=

<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2020=20Aug=202018=2012:03:02=20-0500
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[NABS-L]=20Pdf=20articles=20as=20an=20image

=20Hi.=20I=20am=20very=20sorry=20that=20you=E2=80=99re=20having=20to=20go=20=
through=20this,=20it=20
is=20completely=20unnecessary=20for=20articles=20to=20be=20posted=20this=20=
way=20and=20
for=20the=20disability=20office=20to=20be=20this=20slow.=20What=20I=20would=
=20suggest,=20
even=20though=20it=20is=20definitely=20not=20ideal,=20is=20to=20utilize=20w=
indows=20OCR=20
that=20is=20built=20into=20windows=2010.=20I=E2=80=99m=20not=20sure=20it=20=
will=20work,=20
because=20I=20have=20not=20had=20to=20mess=20with=20one=20of=20these=20type=
s=20of=20
documents=20in=20a=20few=20months,=20but=20when=20you=20open=20the=20PDF=20=
hit=20insert=20
are.=20You=20should=20hear=20your=20screen=20reader=20say=20recognizing=20a=
nd=20then=20
it=20should=20read=20for=20you.=20Just=20so=20you=20know,=20it=20is=20wrong=
=20for=20your=20
instructor=20to=20be=20utilizing=20this=20type=20of=20PDF=20formatting.=20I=
t=20is=20
really=20no=20problem=20to=20post=20properly=20tagged=20PDF=20documents=20w=
hich=20can=20
be=20read=20by=20screen=20readers.=20Unfortunately,=20most=20faculty=20is=20=
not=20
aware=20of=20this,=20and=20most=20universities=20are=20not=20offering=20the=
=20proper=20
training.=20May=20I=20ask=20what=20college=20or=20university=20you=20are=20=
studying=20
at?
=20The=20very=20best=20of=20luck=20to=20you.

=20Emily=20Schlenker

=20Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

=20On=20Aug=2020,=202018,=20at=2011:45=20AM,=20Shikha=20via=20NABS-L=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wrote:

=20Hello,
=20I=20have=20pdf=20articles=20as=20an=20image=20every=20week=20for=20one=20=
of=20my=20
classes.=20What=20is=20the=20quickest=20way=20to=20read=20them.
=20The=20disability=20office=20is=20being=20super=20slow=20to=20convert=20t=
hem=20in=20to=20
a=20word=20document.
=20Thanks,

=20Shikha=20Desai
=20Bachelor=20of=20Social=20Work
=20Georgia=20State=20University
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