Same holds for three other Australian government organisations that I've worked in/around.
It is necessary to separate this discussion from "how do I make PDF accessible?" Cheers, Andrew On 5/27/08, Rae Buerckner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 >> ---------------------------------------- >> http://formulate.com.au >> ---------------------------------------- >> Phone: (02) 6116 8765 >> Fax: (02) 8456 5916 >> PO Box 5108 >> Braddon ACT 2612 >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ******************************************************************* >> >> > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* -- --- Andrew Boyd http://onblogging.com.au ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
