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Questions tagged [accessibility]

{accessibility} is for questions relating to the accessibility of documents produced using TeX and friends.

is for questions relating to the accessibility of documents produced using TeX and friends.

Accessibility is the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity. The concept often focuses on people with disabilities or special needs (such as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) and their right of access, enabling the use of assistive technology.

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seeking information regarding the availability of voice recognition software for latex input

i have been asked for information concerning the use of a voice input / speech recognition system for (la)tex, for the benefit of a tetraplegic (quadriplegic) student who has no use of his limbs, and thus no means to use "ordinary" input devices. …
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Accessibility package in LaTeX (accessibility.sty)

I am using accessibility package with tagged argument in LaTeX so that screen reader like JAWS can read the alt text of images and mathematical equations from PDF. But the thing is that when I open my PDF document and use JAWS to read my entire…
OMER HAYAT
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alt text for images in pdf (for screen readers)

What is now (late 2018) considered the best resource for using LaTeX to produce "accessible" PDFs with images, tables, and math? Have things improved since this question from 2012? When Acrobat adds alt text, is it using a PDF standard? If it is…
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Is there really no way of providing alternate texts (as read by e.g. Acrobat or PowerPDF) for figures in Latex as of today?

I have searched through various threads orbiting questions of accessibility in Latex. I am not interested in the full glory of a fully structured/tagged document, the only thing that I need to do is to augment figures (and maybe later…
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Making accessible graphs in LaTex

Does anyone know how to make a tagged document with graphs in LaTex? I tried adding a comment and a label to a graph, but the .pdf file still fails (missing alternate text) through Adobe's Full Check. I also use Adobe Autotag before Full Check.…
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Adding document language and title for accessibility in LaTex

I wonder if anyone knows how to add a note on language (English) and a document title (e.g., A report for xxx) in LaTex for accessibility requirements. I make .pdf documents in LaTex first, then I add tags using Adobe's Autotag Document function.…
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How to get the Image alternative text on PDF document alternative text field through the latex code

I have mentioned my MWE below. I will try to get the alternative text output for each figures. So, i am using the pdfcomment package and my TeX code is used to pdftooltip{\includegraphics{example-image-duck}}{Alternative…
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How can I check the tagging and accessiblity of a PDF file?

One more requirement for the e-book publication is the tagging of the PDF. The minimum requirement is tagging of

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. However I only have Adobe Acrobat DC available and hence I don't know how to check if the tagging actually…

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Adding a Title and Tags to a PDF Generated with LaTeX for Better Accessibility

After each day of class, I upload a PDF of my class notes to my college's learning management system (LMS) so that my students can have access to them. The LMS checks for accessibility issues with all PDF documents uploaded. Every time I upload a…
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Adding accessibility package causes error: 'Use of \reserved@a doesn't match its definition'

I am making an attempt at making my thesis more accessible. Based on the advice on this page, Creating Accessible Documents, I'm trying to include the following package to start with: \usepackage[tagged, highstructure]{accessibility} However, just…
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Creating an ADA Compliant Document with pdftex

What is the current best method to create an ADA Compliant PDF document using LaTeX and pdftex? I see postings from 2015 and perhaps even 2018 on this topic. I recognize that some parts of the work include adding pdf titles and other…
Jeffrey J Weimer
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