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Originally Posted by DMSmillie
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The only recommendation is that "if PDF was used, accessible alternative file formats should be made available." PDF is, itself, a proprietary format,...
I've worked with the guys at Vision Australia, the organisation commissioned by the Australian government to carry out the end-user consultations that form a large part of the report, ...
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It is NOT true that PDF is a proprietary format.
PDF is an
OPEN STANDARD.
The "guys at Vision Australia" are either incompetent, or trying to justify their existence and fees, by making meaningless recommendations like this.
PDF provides many valuable attributes which no other common format currently provides, including EPUB. This may well change some time in the future, but right now, the Australian taxpayers got suckered.