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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- 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) http://www.openebook.org
