Thanks, St John, this looks handy but not for me (sigh) or the blind
user of whom I immediately thought. Minimum system requirements are
W2K, XP or NT4. Good idea, though, and free, free, free.
Regards, Bernard
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:51:00 -0000 "Skeates,St.John DEAL Awards Tm"
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> There is a piece of software available that will convert PDF to HTML
> which may provide an alternative to having stacks of PDF files on the
> site. Not tried it myself but you can get a free version and a demo of
> the pro version from:
>
> http://www.pdf-to-html.com/
>
> St.John Skeates
> Awards Section
> Bedfordshire County Council
> Direct Line 01234 718744
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pauline McInnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]; Skeates,St.John DEAL Awards Tm
> Subject: PDF files
>
>
>
>
> Dear All,
> I wonder if any of you know about this? Our University website like most
> has a
> lot of PDF files on it. We want to try and make these accessible to
> disabled
> students, but this is proving rather difficult. Providing a URL for each
> PDF
> with a connection to the adobe site is not a good option as many of our
> PDFs are
> on restricted sites and so this wouldn't work.
>
> However, there is a plug in for adobe writer called Make Accessible which
> will
> provide a tagged PDF file. What we're not sure about is which screen
> readers
> would be able to access this information? Our Computer team are a bit
> concerned
> that only the very latest screen readers could do this. Does anyone have
> any
> information on this and how prevalent the browsers are can support this
> plug
> in?
>
> Many thanks
> Pauline McInnes
>
>
> Pauline McInnes
> Development Officer (Disabilities)
> Cardiff University
> 47 Park Place
> Cardiff
> CF10 3AT
>
> Tel: 02920 870004
>
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Bernard Doherty
Student Adviser
ACCESS Centre
Anglia Polytechnic University
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Fax: 01223 417730
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