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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This only works in this particular version of Acrobat and does not extend to other versions nor does it back translate. PDF is not an accessible format for any real alt format production purposes due to the these kinds of issues. The Publishing industry wants you to believe otherwise but in reality this is a myth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ron Stewart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>KRISTA L. GREEAR<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 03, 2013 3:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] RE: PDF accessibility suggestions?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m not sure what version you of Adobe Pro you are using but in version 11, you can choose to recognize text (Adobe’s fancy way of saying OCR) by All pages, Current Page or select a specific page range. This setting is found under Tools -> Text Recognition -> In This File. Perhaps a default setting is causing you havoc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Krista Greear<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Access Text and Technology Manager<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Disability Resources for Students<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Univeristy of Washignton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu]">[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shadrick, Megan E<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 03, 2013 6:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] PDF accessibility suggestions?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My staff have reported that several of the textbooks we have received for next semester in PDF are only allowing us to make the PDFs accessible page by page. They have been able to get a few to work after several tries but we still have some that aren’t cooperating. We are using Adobe Pro to break PDFs into chapters and make them accessible. Does anyone have any suggestions on what we can try? My only idea at this point is to print and rescan the books so we can get them done quickly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks much <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Megan Shadrick M.S., M.A., COMS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Associate Director, Disability Resource Center—Access Technology Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Missouri State University <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:meganshadrick@missouristate.edu">meganshadrick@missouristate.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://missouristate.edu/atc">http://missouristate.edu/atc</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>