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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Very accessible PDF with structure is really only most usable on Windows with Adobe Acrobat or Reader. The landscape on the Mac as stated below is not very good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white">Peter Bossley</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
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017 Telecommunications Network Center, 320 W. 8th Ave, Columbus, OH 43201<br>
614-292-8571 Office<br>
<a href="mailto:bossley.5@osu.edu"><span style="background:white">bossley.5@osu.edu</span></a>
<a href="http://ocio.osu.edu/"><span style="background:white">ocio.osu.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Madeleine Rothberg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 17, 2015 10:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Evalyne and everyone,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Accessibility of PDFs on the Mac varies. We’ve noticed that VO now does a fair job with PDFs in Acrobat Pro DC (which is the newest version). It isn’t great, but it’s better than previous versions. VO with Adobe
*Reader* is terrible: it won’t read much if any text. VO will usually read PDF text in Preview, but it won’t convey structure. For some purposes, that might be fine. What some people do with PDFs on the Mac is open in Reader and save as text, then read that
with VO, as a workaround.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">So it is possible that the vendor created an accessible PDF, which will work well on Windows but not on Mac.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">-Madeleine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Madeleine Rothberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Senior Subject Matter Expert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://ncam.wgbh.org">http://ncam.wgbh.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:madeleine_rothberg@wgbh.org">madeleine_rothberg@wgbh.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><McInnish>, "Evalyne M. (MU-Student)" <<a href="mailto:emmth9@mail.missouri.edu">emmth9@mail.missouri.edu</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:06 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Athen] Mac/Accessible PDF compatibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Could anyone speak to the current status of compatibility between Macintosh computers running VoiceOver and accessible PDFs? Our team has been requested to test a PDF for accessibility and were specifically requested
to test on both Windows and Mac with screen reader software. The PDF was created by an outside company who claim the PDF is accessible, but we had a great deal of trouble when we tested it with VoiceOver, both in Preview and Adobe Reader. Any and all information
about the current compatibility between Macs and accessible PDFs is greatly appreciated. If you prefer, you may contact me directly at
<a href="mailto:emmth9@mail.missouri.edu">emmth9@mail.missouri.edu</a>. Thank you for your assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best Wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Evalyne McInnish</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">M.A. Student-Library Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Graduate Research Assistant, ACT Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Missouri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:emmth9@mail.missouri.edu">email</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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