Not every company or organisation uses Adobe though
Providing for sight disabled people in this country is very important and this is the main thrust of the report;
As such, from the summary of the report;
Quote:
"Overall, the Study found that there is insufficient evidence to establish that the development of the Portable Document Format and improvements in assistive technologies have advanced enough for PDF files to be considered accessible for people with a disability, particularly for those who are blind or have low vision.
Importantly, the Study also highlighted that the issues contributing to the inaccessibility of PDF files, when used with assistive technologies, are not in general directly attributable to the Portable Document Format itself. The issues that result in an inaccessible PDF file are, in order of impact:
the design of the PDF file by the document author to incorporate the correct presentation, structure, tags and elements that maximise accessibility;
the technical ability of the assistive technology to interact with the PDF file (via the relevant PDF Reader); andthe skill of the user and their familiarity with using their assistive technology to interact with a PDF file."
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I am not against PDF as we use it at work on a daily basis, as I posted earlier. As document formats go it is pretty much the standard. I do not consider it an ebook format however.