Dear Vikas Strictly speaking, this issue is out of scope from the Copyright bill. In keeping with the spirit of your assertion, we certainly must demand accessible PDF statement. This is a perpetual battle we will have to deal with. There cannot be a software solution because the content developer in his wisdom set the security so.
Accessibility is an unearthly word in the world of the able bodied. The effort involved is so huge it feels like ants trying to pull a railway wagon. Harish Kotian -----Original Message----- From: Vikas Kapoor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 June 2012 12:59 To: Access India Subject: [AI] PDF Inaccessibility Folks, It is deeply regretted that on the one hand the copyright bills has given us an opportunity to access an abundance of print material which hither to cannot be accessed by the print disabled people, while on the other hand we're unable to access our own personal documents, be they the medical reports, bank statements or any official bills because most of the corporate sectors these days are producing the PDF documents in such a way which cannot be read out by any screen reader. For quite some time, the Lal Pathology Laboratory, which is supposed to be the best accredited lab all over India has been producing the personal medical reports which are not accessible through any screen reader. As soon as you open them, you screen reader will give you a message "the Author set this documents in a way which prevents access," and the JAWS will say protection failure., needless to mention that the contents are very much visible on the screen for a sighted people and not accessible by the screen readers. If anybody has any solution to this, can share, except indeed suggesting to convert the same with the help of any OCR programme, which is of course is the last option. I think we, as an organization, or any registered organisation can approach to them and launch the protest on behalf of the entire VI community because this is also a violation to our right to print accessibility. Vikas Kapoor, MSN Id: [email protected], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 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
