Re: PDF accessibility (wasRe: N:Vision CFL's)

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms> wrote in message

> I'm currently using a 24" Sony flat
> screen (LCD) monitor set for 1600 x 1200
> pixels and 32-bit color.

Oh.

One might assume anyone running at 1600 by 1200 is NOT incredibly
sight-impaired, at least in a way that affects the ability to read PDFs on a
normal PC setup.

The 24" monitor, as you probably know, is not something that's very common,
either.  Most sight-impaired people I know (including me) can't *possibly*
see anything on a normal 17" desktop monitor when running above 800 by 600
(and many even struggle in that mode.  But you can hardly run any modern
programs at any lower resolution.

Of course you don't have to pan and scan with that kind of display real
estate! People without that kind of hardware or who are unable to read the
screen at anything higher than 800 by 600 obviously do.  It's just a guess,
but I suppose having myopia (nearsightedness) is somewhat less of a handicap
when reading fine detail on the screen than having diabetic retinopathy,
macular degeneration or any number of other eye diseases that affect overall
visual acuity.  Most of the legally blind people I know can barely afford a
second-hand PC and the cost for dialup, let alone a 24" monitor!  If they
have extra money to spend, they seem to opt for screen readers, especially
if their impairment is degenerative, because they know that eventually, even
a Jumbotron won't help them to see better.

--
Bobby G.