this is true. even the best of pdf is only limitted to the latest and greatest of at. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 4:51 PM Subject: Re: pdf forms from Social Security This is a clear cut 508 violation, in my view. There is no good accessibility to forms in PDF on any platform, including Microsoft Windows. On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > does anybody know whether or not there is a way to read the pdf forms on the > social security site? I tried pdftotext and they did not come out legible. > I also tried using google; the text version link got me a 'not found" and > the html link (I put in the url for a particular form) got me the same > illegible form that I got when trying to use pdftotext. > For an example, one of the forms i tried to access was > http://www.ssa.gov/online/ssa-632.pdf > Also, > is there any way to print these files to a printer short of finding somebody > with > a Windows system to do it? > SSA provides just about nothing as far as their forms in accessible format, and > if they are going to > say their website provides that, their pdf files certainly don't appear to be > accessible to me. Ironically, the instructions for the forms are right on the > website, but the explanation is such that you have to be able to look at the > form to understand the instructions. > > Cheryl > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list