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contact9879 2 days ago

printed documents, images, horribly inaccessible pdfs, horribly inaccessible websites

carlosjobim 2 days ago | parent [-]

> Printed documents - Use the original, which is digital.

> Images - Use the original, which is digital.

> horribly inaccessible pdfs - Use the original, which has real text in the PDF

> horribly inaccessible websites - All text on any web site is digital. Nobody uses OCR on a website.

A massive paper producer like the government shouldn't adopt their type setting to people who are using technology wrongly.

contact9879 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

an example from today (pdf warning): https://www.ntsb.gov/news/Documents/National%20Defense%20Aut...

carlosjobim 2 days ago | parent [-]

God damn...

Why didn't they fax it back and forth a few times as well, just for good measure?

contact9879 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

it's easier to mandate font than to excise all processes within the fed bureaucracy that result in these.

images being digital have no bearing on OCR ability

carlosjobim 2 days ago | parent [-]

Images: use the original, which is a digital text document and not an image.

Unless they are making documents on typewriters. And in those cases neither Biden or Trump font is an option.