Comments on: PDF can be a nightmare for me and others with disabilities—but WebbIE’s free ‘Accessible PDF’ may help http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: robert kingett http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1107687 robert kingett Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:42:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/17/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/#comment-1107687 well, Joe Clark, i do say that actually, quite a bit of tis. if authors and publishers would just put more effort into tagging the PDf's, i wouldnt be doing articles like this would i? lol i clearly say over and over again that some part has to be done by the author to make PDF's accessible or the publisher. they don't, and that's sad. they DO NOT tag their documents half the time, so that's why i said something about iy. well, Joe Clark, i do say that actually, quite a bit of tis. if authors and publishers would just put more effort into tagging the PDf’s, i wouldnt be doing articles like this would i? lol i clearly say over and over again that some part has to be done by the author to make PDF’s accessible or the publisher. they don’t, and that’s sad. they DO NOT tag their documents half the time, so that’s why i said something about iy.

]]> By: Joe Clark http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1107659 Joe Clark Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:26:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/17/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/#comment-1107659 Everything depends on the code quality of the PDF you’re using. You need a tagged PDF. Few are. PDF per se is not the problem, whether you want to accept that or not. Poorly-authored PDFs are the problem. I’m sure you find Web sites you can’t use, too, but you don’t call the Web the problem. Everything depends on the code quality of the PDF you’re using. You need a tagged PDF. Few are.

PDF per se is not the problem, whether you want to accept that or not. Poorly-authored PDFs are the problem. I’m sure you find Web sites you can’t use, too, but you don’t call the Web the problem.

]]> By: Bob Martinengo http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1106700 Bob Martinengo Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:32:15 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/17/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/#comment-1106700 Hi Robert, You might also find the program PDF Equalizer useful: http://www.readingmadeez.com/products/PDFEqualizer.html Hi Robert,

You might also find the program PDF Equalizer useful:

http://www.readingmadeez.com/products/PDFEqualizer.html

]]> By: robert kingett http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1106332 robert kingett Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:39:45 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/17/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/#comment-1106332 thank u! i know, many authors and publishers dont know how hard it is just to read an E-book. thanks. i will be spreading more word as well. dont worry about that. ha ha. if you like, u can eail me at kingettblue at g mail.com. thanks! thank u! i know, many authors and publishers dont know how hard it is just to read an E-book. thanks. i will be spreading more word as well. dont worry about that. ha ha. if you like, u can eail me at kingettblue at g mail.com. thanks!

]]> By: Heather S. Ingemar http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1106290 Heather S. Ingemar Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:20:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/17/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/#comment-1106290 Welcome to Teleread, Robert! I'm a librarian and an ebook author as well, and I sincerely hope more developments are in the future for enabling easier access to information for the disabled. Those of us who have good vision completely take it all for granted, and we shouldn't. I'm very glad you found something that works for you -- now here's to spreading the word so more publishers will get on board with making it better. :) Welcome to Teleread, Robert!

I’m a librarian and an ebook author as well, and I sincerely hope more developments are in the future for enabling easier access to information for the disabled. Those of us who have good vision completely take it all for granted, and we shouldn’t. I’m very glad you found something that works for you — now here’s to spreading the word so more publishers will get on board with making it better. :)

]]> By: robert kingett http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1106270 robert kingett Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:36:51 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/17/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/#comment-1106270 ah! thank u so much! more will be coming from me. u can count on that. ah! thank u so much! more will be coming from me. u can count on that.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1106265 David Rothman Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:12:45 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/17/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/#comment-1106265 Thanks, Eduardo. Robert did a great job. Can't wait for his Kindle review. David Thanks, Eduardo. Robert did a great job. Can’t wait for his Kindle review. David

]]> By: Eduardo Melo http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1106242 Eduardo Melo Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:06:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/17/pdf-can-be-a-nightmare-for-me-and-others-with-disabilities-but-webbies-free-accessible-pdf-may-help/#comment-1106242 That's great and inspiring. Thank you for publishing this post! That’s great and inspiring. Thank you for publishing this post!

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