Re: Fwd: Re: Adobe Reader 10

[Greg Knittl]

Hi Jean Louis,

The non-discriminatory policy is a good find. I glanced at it but I 
don't have time yet to figure out if it has any teeth or how to enforce 
it. I have seen David Lepofsky's name come up in conjunction with 
protections for the disabled under COVID-19 triage. He is a lawyer, it 
looks like he is blind himself, and he would probably know whether it is 
legal for Ontario to have pdf forms that are not readable by screen 
readers - hopefully we can at least make the case that there are no 
screen readers for these forms on Linux... It would be better if there 
were no screen readers at all on any platform...

thanks,
Greg

On 2021-04-20 11:42 a.m., Jean Louis wrote:
> * Greg Knittl <gknittl@sympatico.ca> [2021-03-21 22:27]:
> > Hi Jean Louis,
> >
> > This is generic problem across at least 2 Ontario ministries. I have also
> > encountered XFA forms for the Health Ministry Assistive Devices Program. I
> > don't know exactly where to send the complaint.
> >
> > 1. start with https://www.ontario.ca/feedback/contact-us to find the right
> > ministry to own the issue. maybe Ministry of Government and Consumer
> > Services?
> >
> > 2. escalate up that ministry, and complete their complaints process if they
> > are not responsive.
>
> I have sent letter and recommended that they make PDF by standard and
> I gave reference to: https://pdfreaders.org/pdfreaders.en.html
>
> It is however interesting that they DO have non-discriminatory policy
> and accessibility policy:
> https://www.ontario.ca/page/accessible-customer-service-policy