On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 17:50:27 (+0000), debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 04:53:27 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that > > > seems to be only available as a PDF document > > > [ > > > https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf > > > ]. > > > > Is this actually true? The document itself contains on page 2: > > > > "Persons using assistive technology should be able to access > > information in this report. Persons with disabilities who require > > alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., > > Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) > > should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at > > (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal > > Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information > > may be made available in languages other than English." > > I suppose Richard, and others' problem may be that if they can't read > the PDF they can't read the instructions for where to get help? The > help should be outside the document.
It is: in the web page you quoted, there's an accessibility link near the bottom that leads to mechanisms for improving accessibility if you think it's inadequate. (Of course, we don't know how, in the first place, the OP came upon this document last June.) Or do you mean outside the internet—our local library is a good source for so much information like this, and they distribute publications from the local university extension department, and from city, county, state and federal sources, particularly for non-internet people. The Thrifty Food Plan came up on this list earlier in the year: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/06/msg00690.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/06/msg00711.html Cheers, David.
