From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: pdf screen reader accessibility? Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:39:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87mw2lh1r6.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> References: <87mw2lcwo9.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56492) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yf6K3-0008Es-4q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2015 08:40:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yf6Jz-0003Rx-Uk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2015 08:40:11 -0400 Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([2001:808:114:2::50]:56703) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yf6Jz-0003LX-NW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2015 08:40:07 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E76F5BAB5 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2015 14:40:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id UekibigsF-9J for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2015 14:40:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (117-116.echostar.pl [213.156.117.116]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C64BD5BAA1 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2015 14:40:04 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: <87mw2lcwo9.fsf@gmx.us> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 2015-04-06, at 13:40, Rasmus wrote: > Jude DaShiell writes: > >> http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products.html >> is a good place to start. > > It's a list of a bunch of software packages of which most are not (i) f= ree > in any meaning of the word; and (ii) supported on GNU/Linux. So what? IIUC, the OP wants to have something similar using Emacs and (maybe) free (in a usual sense, or in FSF sense) software. Isn't it a valid request? > What is your point? Maybe it's an answer to my question below? ,---- | > Do those files by default conform to screen reader accessibility stan= dards=20 | > or can such files be made to conform to screen reader accessibility=20 | > standards? Since adobe was responsible for creating pdf files Adobe = has=20 | > screen reader accessibility standards on its website. |=20 | Could you point out these standards (direct links)? `---- (No idea why the OP started a new thread, though.) In my browser, on the right there are some links to general accessibility info (or so it seems, I didn't follow them yet). >> When a document gets written in Microsoft Word, its language is made >> part of that document. If that document is later converted to a pdf >> file that language information is taken in by the conversion process >> then becomes the first component that starts to make screen reader >> accessibility of a pdf file possible. > > AFAIK, the language is set as part of the metadata in pdfs in 8.3 based > on #+LANGUAGE. Can you test if that works for you? If not, what will > needed to be changed to make it work? Quick test using #+LANGUAGE: polish or #+LANGUAGE: pl showed it didn't work. (I didn't check the pdf file, though, only grepped the LaTeX source.) > =E2=80=94Rasmus Best, --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University