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

• carlosjobim 9mo ago
  > 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 9mo ago
    an example from today (pdf warning): https://www.ntsb.gov/news/Documents/National%20Defense%20Authorization%20Act.pdf https://www.ntsb.gov/news/Documents/National%20Defense%20Aut...
    • carlosjobim 9mo ago
      God damn... Why didn't they fax it back and forth a few times as well, just for good measure?
  • contact9879 9mo ago
    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 9mo ago
      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.