Hello Rae,

Wondering where you get this info, and what countries you are speaking of.

- Josh


Rae Buerckner wrote:
Hi Jessica,

The 2 formats most commonly provided formats by Government departments is PDF & RTF format.

Cheers,

Rae

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Jessica Enders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello

I am trying to work out whether a Rich Text File is considered accessible, to the extent that Australian federal government agencies must provide electronic documents in an accessible format.

RTF is owned by Microsoft, but most word processors can read it. Apparently if styles are used correctly, RTF files can be used well by screen readers. Also, section 2.3 of the World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes (from 2002, mind you) on the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website (http://hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html) suggests that RTF is considered acceptable.

Any views?

Jessica Enders
Director
Formulate Information Design
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http://formulate.com.au
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Phone: (02) 6116 8765
Fax: (02) 8456 5916
PO Box 5108
Braddon ACT 2612
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