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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman22.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Hayman, Douglass via athen-list <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:38:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dan Comden <dcomden@gmail.com>; Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] - Re: Results of the PDF user research surveys and PDF remediators research surveys are available</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pass to Dan to Fix, no wait, he is retired.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Doug Hayman</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IT Accessibility Coordinator</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Olympic College</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:dhayman@olympic.edu"><span style="color:#467886">dhayman@olympic.edu</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(360) 475-7632 </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman22.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan Comden via athen-list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 6, 2026 1:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] - Re: [Athen] Results of the PDF user research surveys and PDF remediators research surveys are available</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FFCC66"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">CAUTION: This email came from a non-OC system or external source. Beware of phishing and social engineering!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Welcome to another edition of Acro(nym)Phobia!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PDF = <b>P</b>erpetually <b>D</b>isappointing <b>F</b>iles</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'll add it to the list, where it joins:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>P</b>robably <b>D</b>oesn't <b>F</b>low</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>P</b>retty <b>D</b>umb <b>F</b>ormat</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>P</b>ublishers <b>D</b>ragging <b>F</b>eet</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>P</b>rofessors' <b>D</b>igital <b>F</b>ailure</li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've omitted the saltier entries. Perhaps you can create your own.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Miss you folks! Happy 2026</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-*- Dan</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(sent from my virtual handlebars)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">From: Karen McCall via athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
To: WebAIM Discussion List <<a href="mailto:webaim-forum@list.webaim.org" target="_blank">webaim-forum@list.webaim.org</a>><br>
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Morning!<br>
All research surveys are up!<br>
<a href="https://www.karlencommunications.com/Research.html" originalsrc="https://www.karlencommunications.com/Research.html" target="_blank">https://www.karlencommunications.com/Research.html</a><br>
As a summary, little has changed in the 10 years I've been doing this research.<br>
Those using adaptive technologies such as screen readers have the same problems with PDFs in 2025 as they did in 2015.<br>
Those remediating PDFs are frustrated with not having adequate tools to do the remediations as they were in 2015.<br>
I'm presenting the results of all surveys at the ICICT conference in London UK in February.<br>
It is worth noting that if I hadn't gone through year by year of the research for the ICICT journal article, you wouldn't be able to tell a response from 2015 or 2025. Things are that static in terms of lack of accessibility and lack of tools from both sides
of the PDF accessibility issue.<br>
Cheers, Karen</p>
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