You may be dealing with an ADA issue here. I am aware that some post-secondary schools have taken the position that PDF instructional materials will not be allowed because of concerns about issues of accessibility.
Take the issue up with your disability services office at your school. If the issue is not resolved, file a Complaint with the United States Department of Education, office of Civil rights. Respectfully, Russell J. Thomas, Jr. THOMAS & ASSOCIATES www.californiaemployersattorneys.com Orange County Office 4121 Westerly Place, Suite 101 Newport Beach, California 92660 T: (949) 752-0101 F: (949) 257-4756 M: (949) 466-7238 Beverly Hills Office 9107 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 450 Beverly Hills, California 90210 T: (310) 461-3561 -----Original Message----- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:25 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Converting Password Protected PDF Textbooks Hi My college is trying to convert all their online classes to PDF textbooks that can be down loaded directly from the class website. This would be great accept the type of PDF books they are using are Image PDF not Text based PDF. They recommended I buy open book or kurzwel to convert the documents. I do not have that type of money on hand. Besides the PDF documents are password protected. I don't know of any OCR that will work with protected PDF. So, presuming the college cannot find another option, How do I deal with these PDF Textbooks. They are even worse then the regular print one's. At least the OCR software I have can scan those. The person at the college is doing their best but they appear to have limited resources. Well, any way I would appreciate any ideas on how to over come the document conversion issue. God bless, Mark For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
