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Most people probably already know this, but when using PDF's with a
screen reader, it is best to use the stand-alone Adobe Acrobat Reader,
not one of the browser plug-in versions. The stand-alone seems to
be more reliable and stable when used with a screen reader.<br><br>
Dave<br><br>
At 03:34 PM 12/12/2016, you wrote:<br>
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Sean wrote:<br>
“I can't say I would turn to PDF - I agree with Bevi that the file
format has much going for it, but the issues I experienced with students
had more to do with integration between the screen-reader and the Adobe
Reader/Acrobat software that made reading PDF documents problematic,
particularly for larger documents.”<br>
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We produce extremely large PDF documents for academia and government
every day. When made correctly, your students shouldn’t be having these
problems.<br>
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Is there a chance you can send me a sample PDF that didn’t work well
enough for your students? I’d like to investigate what is failing so
that either 1) I can give you suggestions on how to correct the PDF, or
2) give feedback to Adobe, Microsoft, and the screen reader manufacturers
on what’s failing so that it can be fixed.<br>
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Our team members work closely with all the key stakeholders so that we
can eventually have a seamless, easy method of making accessible
documents from the source Word, PowerPoint, and InDesign files to the
exported PDFs. We’re getting there, slowly but surely!<br>
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And yes, you should start seeing incremental improvements everywhere,
software by software, feature by feature over the next year or so.<br>
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To email a sample to me, send it to
<a href="mailto:Bevi@PubCom.com">Bevi@PubCom.com</a> If it’s too
large for email, contact me and I’ll set you up with a secure FTP
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