I am a WIPA member and had a look around on the site for a mailing
list with no luck. Do you have a link at hand?

Cheers

Jessica Enders
Director
Formulate Information Design
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http://formulate.com.au
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Phone: (02) 6116 8765
Fax: (02) 8456 5916
PO Box 5108
Braddon ACT 2612
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On 27/05/2008, at 6:49 PM, Donna (Maurer) Spencer wrote:

> Are you a WIPA member? If so, there is an accessibility mailing list
> with many smart folks ;) They'll know too.
>
> Donna
>
> Jessica Enders wrote:
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > I am trying to work out whether a Rich Text File is considered
> > accessible, to the extent that Australian federal government
> agencies
> > must provide electronic documents in an accessible format.
> >
> > RTF is owned by Microsoft, but most word processors can read it.
> > Apparently if styles are used correctly, RTF files can be used well
> > by screen readers. Also, section 2.3 of the World Wide Web Access:
> > Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes (from 2002, mind
> you) on
> > the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website (http://
> > hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html) suggests
> > that RTF is considered acceptable.
> >
> > Any views?
> >
> > Jessica Enders
> >
> >
>
>
>