You could put all your pdfs on Google docs and they will be available like any
other web documents like this one:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=vpid=explorerchrome=truesrcid=0B1iqp0kGPjWsZjA2MTFmMTQtM2ZmYS00OWU2LWI4NjMtMzEyMjYwMjYzOGI3hl=en
hth
--- On Wed, 9/2/11, Neeraj Challana
Hi Kerry. Neither the blind user or I
were suggesting that alternatives were not a good idea, or
even a requirement. I'd always recommend providing an HTML
alternative if possible along with accessible (tagged) PDF.
The question was about Word as as a viable alternative to
PDF. I am not
I agree to the fact that HTML approach is the best. I normally use Google
docs they can open any documents - pdfs, word, excel, images etc like any
other html document. See the link:
I would be very interested in other people's experiences as well. Thanks
for asking the question Neeraj.
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org]
On Behalf Of Neeraj Challana
Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2011 1:19 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: [WSG] PDF
Hi Neeraj,
Some questions:
1. are you also aiming to make the PDF's accessible? (i.e. tagged PDFs)
2. why PDF to Word?
I have found there is little benefit in this type of conversion. I just checked
with a blind user now - asking is there any advantage in Word over PDF?
His answer: If the
On 09/02/11 16:00, Russ Weakley wrote:
Some questions:
1. are you also aiming to make the PDF's accessible? (i.e. tagged
PDFs)
2. why PDF to Word? I have found there is little benefit in this type
of conversion. I just checked with a blind user now - asking is
there any advantage in
Dave Lane:
Thanks for asking those questions, Russ, and checking with users of
assistive technologies. I also wondered how moving from an open standard
to a proprietary one would help anyone with anything...
Perhaps because not everyone would agree with Russ' blind user, and they might
Hi Kerry. Neither the blind user or I were suggesting that alternatives were
not a good idea, or even a requirement. I'd always recommend providing an HTML
alternative if possible along with accessible (tagged) PDF. The question was
about Word as as a viable alternative to PDF. I am not sure it
On 09/02/11 16:55, Russ Weakley wrote:
Hi Kerry. Neither the blind user or I were suggesting that
alternatives were not a good idea, or even a requirement. I'd always
recommend providing an HTML alternative if possible along with
accessible (tagged) PDF. The question was about Word as as a
Dave wrote:
On 09/02/11 16:55, Russ Weakley wrote:
Hi Kerry. Neither the blind user or I were suggesting that
alternatives were not a good idea, or even a requirement. I'd always
recommend providing an HTML alternative if possible along with
accessible (tagged) PDF. The question was
version.
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From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Webb, KerryA
Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2011 3:33 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] PDF Conversion
Dave wrote:
On 09/02/11 16:55, Russ Weakley wrote:
Hi
: Wednesday, 9 February 2011 3:33 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] PDF Conversion
Dave wrote:
On 09/02/11 16:55, Russ Weakley wrote:
Hi Kerry. Neither the blind user or I were suggesting that
alternatives were not a good idea, or even a requirement. I'd always
recommend
@webstandardsgroup.org mailto:wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] PDF Conversion
Dave wrote:
On 09/02/11 16:55, Russ Weakley wrote:
Hi Kerry. Neither the blind user or I were suggesting that
alternatives were not a good idea, or even a requirement. I'd
always
linux pdftohtml
(you can apt-get it)
Its not perfect (formatting often comes out a bit strange and the html is
messy) but at least you end up with something you can edit.
Unfortunately I haven't seen anything better yet,
and absolutely nothing anywhere near good enough to use without needing
On 09/02/11 20:17, Michael MD wrote:
My recommendation: If its for public release and needs to be accessible or
converted to other formats, don't use pdf to start with!
I think it's fair to say that if the source document is poorly
structured or lacks structure, you're out of luck no matter
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