The most obvious problem arises when the pdf file is password protected and one can read the file but cannot modify. In such cases, unless one knows the password, there is no solution. Bank statements, creditcard bills etc come in this form. Second problem arises when some takes photo of some written pages and saves the image in pdf form. In such cases, Jaws command "insert+space +O W" is very helpful but it is not the solution. Third major problem is related to scanning. While scanning a document, various unnecessary characters hamper the reading the document. Especially, CBSE books display the title of the chapter on every page. Hence, when we give a read all command, each page begins with the chapter name. some times, this chapter name comes in between a sentence, resulting in misleading meanings. While reading maths and science books, tables and charts are not properly read.
-----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amar Jain Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2019 7:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] List down your accessibility issues with PDFs Hi all, Considering the pain of blind professionals and students, some of us have decided to work with Adobe and Vispero to find out ways in which PDFs can be made better for people with blindness. And I am doing everything possible to get this to Shantanu’s (CEO of Adobe) attention, so that the bottlenecks between business, legal, compliance and development can be adressed. The good thing is that the head of accessibility at Adobe and Vispero have been very receptive. While the major problem of inaccessibility of PDF is because a lot of things are dependent on authors for ensuring accessibility, but this approach itself needs a relook. Changing millions of minds is difficult, but creating ways to empower millions is certainly possible and the technologies meant to assist people with disabilities is a real example of this. Please send me the list of issues, steps to reproduce, and possible solutions (if any) on: [email protected] With hopes for a more accessible Adobe tomorrow, Amar Jain Sent from my iPhone Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
