Comments on: Sign Of The Times http://www.1115.org/2009/03/02/sign-of-the-times/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: matt http://www.1115.org/2009/03/02/sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-105745 matt Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:17:34 +0000 http://www.1115.org/?p=8073#comment-105745 what am i, disabled? http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm b. Problem: Documents Are Not Posted In an Accessible Format <strong>State and local governments will often post documents on their websites using Portable Document Format (PDF). But PDF documents, or those in other image based formats, are often not accessible to blind people who use screen readers and people with low vision who use text enlargement programs</strong> or different color and font settings to read computer displays. Solution: Post Documents in a Text-Based Format Always provide documents in an alternative text-based format, such as HTML or RTF (Rich Text Format), in addition to PDF. Text-based formats are the most compatible with assistive technologies. what am i, disabled?

http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm

b. Problem: Documents Are Not Posted In an Accessible Format

State and local governments will often post documents on their websites using Portable Document Format (PDF). But PDF documents, or those in other image based formats, are often not accessible to blind people who use screen readers and people with low vision who use text enlargement programs or different color and font settings to read computer displays.

Solution: Post Documents in a Text-Based Format

Always provide documents in an alternative text-based format, such as HTML or RTF (Rich Text Format), in addition to PDF. Text-based formats are the most compatible with assistive technologies.

]]> By: sarabeth http://www.1115.org/2009/03/02/sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-105674 sarabeth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:31:04 +0000 http://www.1115.org/?p=8073#comment-105674 <blockquote>they are inaccessible to people with disabilities. </blockquote> why?

they are inaccessible to people with disabilities.

why?

]]> By: matt http://www.1115.org/2009/03/02/sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-105632 matt Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:58:27 +0000 http://www.1115.org/?p=8073#comment-105632 they are inaccessible to people with disabilities. i guess they are waiving ADA for now. it's a hilarious little sleight of hand they have going on there, rushing out bush memos for people to gawk at, while fighting behind the scenes to preserve most of the findings. his supporters must be so proud. they are inaccessible to people with disabilities. i guess they are waiving ADA for now. it’s a hilarious little sleight of hand they have going on there, rushing out bush memos for people to gawk at, while fighting behind the scenes to preserve most of the findings.

his supporters must be so proud.

]]> By: sarabeth http://www.1115.org/2009/03/02/sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-105603 sarabeth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:17:52 +0000 http://www.1115.org/?p=8073#comment-105603 This seems to be the DOJ's way of alerting people to the fact that what they've posted are pdf files. This seems to be the DOJ’s way of alerting people to the fact that what they’ve posted are pdf files.

]]> By: Jon http://www.1115.org/2009/03/02/sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-105566 Jon Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:25:58 +0000 http://www.1115.org/?p=8073#comment-105566 I headed over to the site and downloaded one of the memorandums in PDF format. Reads just fine on Preview. That line you quoted above is still there though. Seems perfectly accessible to me. Am I missing something? I headed over to the site and downloaded one of the memorandums in PDF format. Reads just fine on Preview. That line you quoted above is still there though. Seems perfectly accessible to me. Am I missing something?

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