<div dir="auto"><div>Very funny, Dan! This could take on a life of its own LOL.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Wink Harner<br></div>Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production<br></div>The Foreign Type<br><br></div></div>Portland OR<br><a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com" target="_blank">foreigntype@gmail.com</a><br><br></div><div>This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata .<br></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 6, 2026, 1:26 PM Dan Comden via athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Welcome to another edition of Acro(nym)Phobia!</div><div><br></div><div>PDF = <b>P</b>erpetually <b>D</b>isappointing <b>F</b>iles</div><div>I'll add it to the list, where it joins:</div><ul><li><b>P</b>robably <b>D</b>oesn't <b>F</b>low</li><li><b>P</b>retty <b>D</b>umb <b>F</b>ormat</li><li><b>P</b>ublishers <b>D</b>ragging <b>F</b>eet</li><li><b>P</b>rofessors' <b>D</b>igital <b>F</b>ailure</li></ul><div>I've omitted the saltier entries. Perhaps you can create your own.</div><div><br></div><div>Miss you folks! Happy 2026</div><div><br></div><div>-*- Dan</div><div>(sent from my virtual handlebars)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">From: Karen McCall via athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
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Morning!<br>
All research surveys are up!<br>
<a href="https://www.karlencommunications.com/Research.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" 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<br><br>
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