There appears to be a growing trend for universities to provide course and
other information on their web pages in PDF format. I wonder if Disability
Officers could remind those responsible for web design and maintenance at
their institutions that PDF format files are not yet fully accessible to
many screenreader users. Providing a link to a plain html version of the
same document (as well as a PDF link) is good practice and might also make
the site more accessible to people on slower internet connections.
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