Hello all,
I just wanted to share my experience these tools. I tried the
www.zamzar.com online service, and it did not create an accessible pdf.
Although it did convert Word doc files to a pdf file, the pdf was not
tagged
and thus not accessible. To be a little "techie", the difference is that
Acrobat Standard/Pro uses a plugin called "PDF Maker" for the conversion
from doc to pdf, which does the accessible tagging. Whereas, Zamzar uses
another conversion tool called "e-PDF Converter" or "Creator v2.1", which
does not covert to tags.
I also tried GhostWord, which is a free software download, and the first
thing I noticed is that the most recent file is from 2004. This is
problematic because many of the tagging features necessary for accessible
PDFs where not really in the market then. When I tried to open the
installation file for the most recent version (2.1), I keep getting the
error message "The Compressed Folder is invalid or corrupted". The other
problem I noticed is that it will only work with Word 2000 or Word 98.
So,
it looks like GhostWord is not an option.
If there is anyone out there that knows of any other software they know
of
for doc to accessible pdf conversion, please let me know.
Thanks! Mark
Mark Stimson, Ph.D.
Document Accessibility Specialist
www.DocumentAccessibility.com
www.AccessIngenuity.com
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[mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lee
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible PDF's
Hello Robert,
There is a web site that will convert word documents to PDF. There is no
charge for the service. It is usually quite fast and takes only a few
minutes. When conversion is done an Email with a download link is sent
to
the person who uploaded the file to be converted. The site is
www.zamzar.com
There use to be a program called "GhostWord" for converting Microsoft
Office
2003 files to PDF. I have not used it, but apparently the program
installs
as a printer and works similarly to those that convert from PDF to other
formats. It should be available on www.sourceforge.net. Again, I have
not
tried it and I don't know how well it works. However, I have used
www.zamzar .com and received PDF files back quite quickly.
Take care.
Brian Lee
brianl...@charter.net
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From: "Robert kingett" <kingettb...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:31 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] accessible PDF's
how do I make my PDF accessible without adobe acrobat? I also have ms
word
2003. is there a way I can just save my doc files as PDF, and have it
accessible?
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