IRS "accessibility"

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi,
By the way much thanks for your terrific answer to my question.  I am not 
a braille user, but your map gave me a good sense of how you manage 
things.
As for your question below, as far as I know while Linux users should be 
able to access those files, they cannot.  The winzip archive is or was 
rigged to look for something specifically in windows.  I complained to 
someone in the access office of the IRS, clearly they did not fix the 
problem.Funny too since he told me that they too used Linux.
If others confirm this I can put you in touch with the contact I had in 
this office.  Perhaps more than one voice will show them that the problem 
needs repair.
Karen



On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, Cheryl Homiak wrote:

>
> the Irs is now providing "accessible" braille and text files, not to be
> submitted but for
> reference only. but look how they've done it? a winzip file with .txt and
> .brf files contained in it and a .exe extension.
> Apparently they can be opened on the mac using stuffit expander, revealing
> the directory with the files. but I'm wondering: can linux users access
> them? at any rate, it seems to me it wouldn't have been hard to do a truly
> accessible downloadable file format.
>
> the relevant url from the message I saw on another list is below my
> signature.
>
> -- 
> Cheryl
>
> "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
>
> http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=131773,00.html
>
>
>
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