[Athen] PDF Equalizer

[E.A. Draffan]

Asanti sana - Dank U wel - Danke schon - merci Wink!  I have to agree hence
my asking before adding it to EmpTech! 

Best wishes E.A.


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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Wink Harner
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:08 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; 'Access Technologists
in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] PDF Equalizer

E.A. et al ATHEN-ites in Athen-land,

I will see if I can find a demo and let you know my thoughts. 

My first huge bag of skepticism is the "automatically translates" part of
their PR hype which is much different than having a good speech engine
reading in the target language. After all, the point for our students with
functional limitations in reading is not in translating but in being able to
read and comprehend. This feature would also be useful for any student
trying to learn another language. Hear it/read it/write it. Not translate
it! All of the grains of salt on my plate are sliding toward the "not an
accessibility feature"
--besides, having been a professional translator/typesetting and genuine
techno-geek for many years, I know first-hand that 99% of the translation
programs available are not worth the paper they're advertised on--most are
less than 40% accurate.

For $90 it DOES seem too good to be true, n'est-ce pas? 

Will let you know.

Wink
Ms. Wink Harner
Manager
Disability Resources & Services
Mesa Community College

[former owner of The Foreign Type, a foreign language translation &
typesetting company]. 




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>From: "E.A. Draffan" <ea at emptech.info>

>To: "'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'" 

><athen at athenpro.org>

>Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:41:57 +0100

>Subject: [Athen] PDF Equalizer

>Reply-To: ea at emptech.info, Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

>	<athen at athenpro.org>

>

>

>Sorry to bother you all,  but has anyone tried PDF Equalizer?

>http://www.readingmadeez.com/PDFEqualizer.php

>

>Best wishes E.A.

>

>Mrs E.A. Draffan

>Learning Societies Lab

>ECS, University of Southampton

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Ms. Wink Harner
Manager
Disability Resources & Services
Mesa Community College
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