Problems with pdf files.

[Janina Sajka]

Raman hasn't been at Adobe in years. He works for IBM.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Steve Holmes wrote:

> Yea, I wonder what Raman (Mr. EmacSpeak fame) thinks of all this; he works
> for Adobe systems and was a linux fanatic like some of us.  I think he had
> some to do with the PDF to HTML services Adobe used to offer.  I'd sure be
> curious to wonder what he thinks of all this.
> 
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Thomas Ward wrote:
> 
> > That's the problem. They insist pdf documents are accessible because of
> > Adobe's 5.0 release. However, what they aren't getting is I am trying to
> > read a document on Linux, and Adobe for Linux doesn't work with speech.
> > It is a case were I am going to have to call them back, and insist on
> > talking to some high level official, and tell them the problem.
> > Perhaps tell them if they don't cooperate with my accessible needs I may
> > have to get a lawyer, and see if they are violating some accessability laws.
> > After all they insist it is accessible, but only accessible to those with
> > new Microsoft based technologies.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: BTBG <kheltsley at shell.core.com>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 3:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: Problems with pdf files.
> >
> >
> > > Would it be possible to contact the publisher of the PDF to get a password
> > > to unlock the encryption?   I assume that that would be Sam's?
> > >
> > > from
> > > Keith H.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- You Wrote: ---
> > >
> > > > when I inquired about it Sam's said they did that for copy protection.
> > Is
> > > > there anyway to force a pdf file into text when it has been secured?
> > > >
> > > > I'm getting frustrated because although Sam's will give me ebooks they
> > > > insist on pdf format only.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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