[nfbcs] Off-Topic - need help for Universities

[Gary Wunder]

Thanks Nancy. I appreciate this.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nancy Coffman" <nancylc at sprynet.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Off-Topic - need help for Universities


> Nuance has a program that they say converts PDF documents into an 
> accessible format from PDF.  It is called PDF converter.  Adobe also has a 
> lot of information on their website and through their support network on 
> how to tag documents and make sure they are accessible.  Part of the 
> equation is whether the end user has the latest version of Adobe so that 
> they can read newer PDF documents.  I think it does require at least 
> Acrobat Pro to make accessible PDF documents.
>
> Nancy Coffman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:59 AM
> Subject: [nfbcs] Off-Topic - need help for Universities
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>> I'm getting several requests which deal with how to make documents in PDF 
>> accessible. Some of the requests are coming from universities where they 
>> are trying to convert books which are in PDF. Some are coming from units 
>> of government which apparently are placing their documents in PDF so they 
>> retain their format no matter on what machine they are read. In the case 
>> of these latter documents which are not scanned but which are distributed 
>> in PDF, is there some guide to show those putting out the documents how 
>> to ensure they will be accessible?
>>
>> Gary
>>
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