From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Qgb7-0000rv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 22:18:46 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g0G3IIf00348 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:18:18 -0600 Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:18:18 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Problems with pdf files. Message-ID: <20020115211818.A345@uic.edu> References: <009b01c19dc0$72bc28a0$0100a8c0@tward> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from steve@holmesgrown.com on Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 06:39:17PM -0700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: That's a good question. Maybe someone should clue him into this thread. Greg On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 06:39:17PM -0700, 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 > > To: > > 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@braille.uwo.ca > > > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup