From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtai02.charter.net ([209.225.8.182]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1H0N2W-0007VW-00 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:05:12 -0500 Received: from aa04.charter.net ([10.20.200.156]) by mtai02.charter.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20061229190442.JGJS1326.mtai02.charter.net@aa04.charter.net> for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:04:42 -0500 Received: from [10.0.1.2] (really [68.185.166.141]) by aa04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20061229190442.OCPS20794.aa04.charter.net@[10.0.1.2]> for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:04:42 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:04:42 -0600 (CST) From: Cheryl Homiak To: speakup List Subject: IRS "accessibility" Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:05:13 -0000 the Irs is now providing "accessible" braille and text files, not to be submitted but for reference only. but look how they've done it? a winzip file with .txt and .brf files contained in it and a .exe extension. Apparently they can be opened on the mac using stuffit expander, revealing the directory with the files. but I'm wondering: can linux users access them? at any rate, it seems to me it wouldn't have been hard to do a truly accessible downloadable file format. the relevant url from the message I saw on another list is below my signature. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=131773,00.html