Questions tagged [accessibility]
{accessibility} is for questions relating to the accessibility of documents produced using TeX and friends.
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Meeting the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations
From 23rd September 2019 anyone who posts a document on the website of a UK public sector body has to meet the requirements of the Public Sector Bodies (Websites
and Mobile Applications) Accessibility ...
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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 ...
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Typesetting an accessibility friendly diff-metric for changes per paragraph between two TeX documents
I am peer-reviewing a dispute in authorship order between two parties in our research group for a co-authored manuscript.
I suggested them to use the excellent latexdiff.pl to compare their ...
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Latex Error/Warning Messages in other languages
This is connected to another question (LaTeX and disability). I would like to use LaTeX for helping a very intelligent boy with severe disability. One problem is that he does not speak a good English. ...
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Redefine List environment for tagged pdf
I am trying to redefine the list environment, for auto tagging structure instead of manual tag in the tex file
I tried with the below coding
\AddToHook{env/enumerate/begin}{\tagstructbegin{tag=L}\...
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LaTeX and accessibility
I work as a manuscript editor with only so much LaTeX knowledge (though I am in the process of learning so I can better assist students). At my University, we've begun requiring accessible documents ...
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Alternative Text for Copy and Paste / Machine Reading
I'm trying to have the best of both worlds and use a nifty 2-column latex resume template (altacv), while also creating something that parses nicely via CTRL+A, CTRL+C, CTRL+V or when fed into an ...
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How to make accessible pdfs with ConTeXt/LuaTeX and open-source tools
I recently watched this talk about PDF accessibility in LaTeX, and I was wondering how well it was supported by ConTeXt/LuaTeX. From what I've gathered, LuaTeX makes it easier by using UTF8 and TTF ...
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Learning resources for blind LaTeX beginner
On the Blind Math list I've been asked for "a guide to get started with LaTeX". I welcome suggestions. I've take a look at What are good learning resources for a LaTeX beginner?, but ...
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How can I view/check all alt texts in my PDF file?
I wrote a paper using the acmart class and took care to write meaningful alt texts using its \Description command. However, I want to check whether they got compiled correctly, as I am not sure how ...
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Ideas for color blind friendly presentation
I'm creating a beamer presentation and would like to highlight some concepts using color, but still be friendly to all color blindness flavors. I do not want to be restricted to colors that are ...
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Using \EveryShipout corrupts the copyable text
This is a strange bug. I'm using the textpos package (which in turn uses the everyshi package) to place text at a certain position on the page. Consider this document:
% !TEX TS-program = lualatex
\...
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Section heading format with accessibility package
I am using the accessibility.sty package with the tagged option and I am getting an error when I try to center my section headings. http://www.babs.gmxhome.de/download/da_pdftex/accessibility.sty
As ...
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Convert LaTeX to DAISY book
Is there an easy way to convert a LaTeX book into a DAISY book?
BTW: A Daisy book is a talking book for visually challenged users. It has both text and audio. You can directly export a document as a ...
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Can I make tagpdf work with the caption, footmisc and microtype packages?
I have a document that needs to be meet accessibility requirements (Section 508 compliance in the U.S.). I thought I could get there with auto-tagging in Adobe and placing alt-text by doing \...
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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 ...
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Encoding multi-letter identifiers in LaTeX for proper speech output with MathJax's Speech Rule Engine
I need to encode multi-letter identifiers (words or units) in a mathematical expression. I also need the expression to be coded such that MathJax's Speech Rule Engine (SRE) will generate the correct ...
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Setting an accessible character encoding
I'm using pdflatex/Overleaf for my thesis, and running an accessibility check with Foxit PDF Editor. Below is part of the result:
Ignoring tagging for now, right now I'm trying to fix the character ...
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How to set reading order in the accessibility pdf
i am traying to create a accessible pdf with the help of pdfmanagement-testphase.sty and tagpdf.sty through xelatex, i need to set the reading order, for the below points,
when footnote link present, ...
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Converting Latex format of Mathematical or scientific expressions to voice
Text format can easily be converted into speech. Is there a way to convert Mathematical latex expression into speech?
For example
$\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}$ - The fraction with numerator 1 + square root ...
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Very slow {align*} typesetting
I am typesetting some tutorial sheet answers for a class I am teaching. I have an \begin{align*} ... \end{align*} block which contains 6 or 7 of lines like:
\text{ZG:} \quad &
E^{-1} \begin{...
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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 ...
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lwarp to html issues with termcal
I am trying to convert my LaTeX document into HTML for accessibility reasons. Unfortunately, I have not found a package that correctly creates an accessible document (for images and tables), and so I ...
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accessibility.sty not found
I am using the accessibility package via \usepackage[tagged]{accessibility}. However, when I compile my document with XeLaTeX and Texstudio I receive the error File 'accessibility.sty not found'.
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How can I create a tagged PDF/UA document with pdfx?
I know this question has been asked here, but it was last active 4 years ago and I'm hoping the situation has improved since then. I've been looking at using the pdfx package with the ua option, with ...
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Tagging elements in header and footer in ConTeXt
When generating a tagged PDF with ConTeXt, the content that I have in my header and footer isn't tagged.
This makes sense since they are not actually part of the page flow. However, it also causes ...