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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@shell.core.com>
> To: <speakup@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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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