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Agree quality of voice on PDF not so good especially if you have to listen to documents read all the time. PDF documents are difficult to manupulate to appropriate print and waste time when you have to cut and paste a huge document and reformat it to appropiiate formats and readable colour schemes. I think to meet access needs for disabled people, there should always be an altanative 'word' or txt document which can be accessed more easily through large print or speech programmes like Supernova and Jaws. The other problem with PDF's is that those converting documents do not follow guidelines which would enable them to be more accessible. Anne ________________________________ From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alison Preece Sent: 17 October 2007 15:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: ECU/HEFCE guidance on conducting equality impact assessments in Higher Education Does anyone use the Read out loud facility on PDFs? I clicked on this by accident recently and wondered if it was used by others. A very computerised voice but may be of use. Open a PDF and scroll down the View menu on the toolbar to select "Read out Loud". (Don't forget to turn the volume up on the PC!) Alison Alison Preece Equalities and Diversity Coordinator University of Wales, Newport ________________________________ From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anthony Houldsworth Sent: 17 October 2007 14:37 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: ECU/HEFCE guidance on conducting equality impact assessments in Higher Education Hi Adam, That looks very useful, I'll check it out. Another important point to note is that if we all formatted Word documents correctly using Headings, not only will it produce navigable bookmarks in both Word and Adobe Acrobat but they simplify conversion to Braille. Simple Steps, big improvement. Anthony ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Anthony Houldsworth Diversity and Disability Advisor The Institute of Cancer Research Sir Richard Doll Building 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, SM2 5NG DL: 020 8722 4129 Tel: 020 7352 8133 Extn 4129 Fax: 020 8722 4048 Email: [log in to unmask] >>> [log in to unmask] 17/10/2007 14:21 >>> Out of interest - Adobe have a very comprehensive guide online to producing accessible PDF documents. It's potentially a much better format for accessible documents than Word. http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/ <http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/> There's also guidance on how to configure Acrobat reader to work with assistive technologies http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/readcontent.html ------------------------------------------------ Adam Jones Equality & Diversity Assistant Newcastle University e: [log in to unmask] t: +44 (0)191 222 8794 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/diversity <blocked::http://www.ncl.ac.uk/diversity> <http://www.ncl.ac.uk/diversity> ________________________________ From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Mwangi Sent: 16 October 2007 14:36 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: ECU/HEFCE guidance on conducting equality impact assessments in Higher Education Dear Moussa, could I please have access to this guidance in a word format as I find PDF documents difficult to access due to my visual impairment. Regards Anne ________________________________ From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Moussa Haddad Sent: 24 September 2007 15:56 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: ECU/HEFCE guidance on conducting equality impact assessments in Higher Education Dear Colleagues, This is just a note to let you know that the ECU/HEFCE guidance 'Conducting Equality Impact Assessments in Higher Education' is now available for download in PDF format from the ECU website. 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