{accessibility} is for questions dealing with accessibility issues related with TeX.
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LaTeX to Braille
Accessibility for the visually impaired is becoming a big issue. The posts that I have linked to below ask questions about alt-tags or tooltips, both of which would be great options. I would like to ...
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LaTeX accessibility
Does anyone know of any LaTeX modules that makes the pdf output generated by pdflatex Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)/Seciton 508 compliant?
Specifics:
With regard to math. One simple ...
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Is there an easy way to add hover text to all incidents of math mode where the hover text would contain the LaTeX code?
Adding hover text (I believe the technical term is a tooltip) to any part of any LaTeX document can be accomplished using cooltooltips.sty, as I have recently learned.
I would like to do something ...
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How to create tagged PDF?
How to create tagged PDF such that they will be:
good enough for PDF/UA
"reflowable" on smaller screens and ebook readers
Any syntax & any engine will do. Preferably using LaTeX with ...
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Teaching LaTeX to visually disabled
I will teach a blind person how to use LaTeX this week. Has anyone any hints for me or package recommendations?
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Need alt text for images in pdf for screen readers
I need the generated PDF to have "alt" text associated with each image so that a screen reader can read the alt text to the visually impaired user. I understand that essentially just including the ...
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Are there good resources for converting TeX type files to spoken word?
For a variety of reasons I am very interested in having audio versions of various texts. In some cases I can get these texts in LaTeX format (with equations). Obviously I can use "normal" ...
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Accessibility issues
Currently, I'm generating the following pdf with pdflatex: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2682197/book.pdf
Unfortunately, this document is a bit incompatible with adobe screen reader (for blind people).
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Selecting a single word in ereaders
ebook readers let user select only a single word in the most PDF documents. However, when I try to select a word in a PDF generated with pdflatex (and also with latex), the ereader (i.e. sony prs600) ...
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From LaTeX to PDF/A
I have noticed that my PDFs (which I compile from LaTeX using PdfTexify on Windows 7 in MikTeX 2.9 with WinEdt) sometimes do not render properly on Mac OS X (e.g. the contents of some figures may not ...
