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Hmmm, thank you Max for your not so encouraging response (not your fault, just the fault of the situation). As you can see, I am working for the Ontario (province of Canada) government, in a small ministry and I may be the person with the most knowledge of Accessible PDFs in this ministry but I am looking for more help. There is so much public information on Accessible Web pages but there is little on Accessible PDFs (although the most vocal advocates of accessible web pages are sometimes the most vocal against accessible PDFs). It turns out (from looking at my Send folder in Outlook) that I had simply sent the same question twice and, although you were good enough to respond to my query about whether or not this is the right forum for these questions, I still don't know the answer to my <TH> question. Jules --------------------------------------------------------- Julian Rickards Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator Publications Services Section Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Phone: (705) 670-5608 Fax: (705) 670-5690 > -----Original Message----- > From: Max Wyss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] Accessible PDFs - information where? > > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > I can not remember specific accessibility-related questions > in the last > few days, but my memory might not be the best anyway <g>. > > There are some "official" points of entry. The primary starting point > from Adobe is http://access.adobe.com. From here, you have links to > various Section 508 places. You might also look around in the > PlanetPDF > archives covering the various PDFConferences, where you might > find Paul > Showalters (of USAn IRS fame) presentation about accessibility and > section 508. Another starting point would be the site of the BFMA > (Business Forms Management Association), http://www.bfma.org, > where you > should find further leads. > > One thing should be kept in mind. There is only a very little forms > developer base who is really interested in accessibility (that's the > ones who deal with US (and apparently Canadian) government. > Anyone else > who is not forced to be aware of it, tries to avoid the > hassle. Yes, I > know that I might be controversial with this view. > > > Hope, this can help. > > > Max Wyss > PRODOK Engineering > Low Paper workflows, Smart documents, PDF forms > CH-8906 Bonstetten, Switzerland > > Fax: +41 1 700 20 37 > or +1 815 425 6566 > e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.prodok.com > > > > [ Building Bridges for Information ] > > > ______________________ > > > > Shameless Plug: > > My next conference appearances and workshops: > * Conference presentations at the 2004 Symposium of the BFMA, > May 23 to > 27 in Reno, Nevada (http://www.bfma.org) and pre-/post-conference > workshop, May 22/23 and 27, organized by essociates Group > (http://www.essociatesgroup.com/AdvancedAcrobatForms.htm) > * And, as always, available for on-site > workshops/tutorials/consulting. > > > _________________________ > > > > > > Over the last couple of days, I have asked questions > regarding various > > aspect of creating accessible PDFs and there have not been any > > responses to > > the questions. I have asked a couple of questions on the > Adobe Acrobat > > forum > > and the only responses from two other users were with regard to the > > forum > > going wonky with my questions (font issues of the forum): > nothing to > > do with > > my question at all. > > > > Am I asking the questions of the wrong discussion group? Can someone > > recommend a book or another forum? Is information on > Accessible PDFs so > > difficult to come by? > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
