Well said.
 
even truly accessible PDF are inaccessible to dyslexics who cannot change font face or colour schemes!  One such student has just had to have a reader in an exam solely because the document supplied for use during the exam was only available as a PDF image and so she could not read it.
 
surely it should be obligatory to supply the Word or RTF version????
 
 
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on behalf of Silver, Liz
Sent: Tue 04/11/2008 14:07
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Subject: Re: Jaws


Hi,
 
Following the replies you have already received, there are a couple of major factors being overlooked. First of all, even if the alternative technology such as Thunder can be loaded onto a memory stick, not all Jaws users will want to be having to use technology which is not as useful or flexible as Jaws, and will not want to have to learn how to use this new software. Secondly, even with a PDF file which is readable using Jaws, they are still a pain in all sorts of places  as it is really difficult to actually search say for a specific word in the document and even if you can get over that hurdle, there is then no way of actually marking what you have found or adding any notes for future reference. Speaking as a Jaws user, as might be obvious, I think When told that something is only available in PDF the response should always be that it is required in Word or RTF etc and this is a reasonable adjustment and just having to cope with a PDF version is not acceptable. Rant over! 
 
Cheers,
 
Liz 
 
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Sent: 03 November 2008 13:57
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Subject: Jaws



Hello, 

 

Does anyone know of any developments in the assistive technology world for blind students?  Is there any better package available than Jaws, which has fewer problems or none at all in fact with 'reading' PDF. Please remember in your reply that I not an experienced techie ; - ).

 

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