Re: [orca-list] Pdf accessibility in Linux was Re: Trying Quantal Quetsal Alpha 3

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com> wrote:
 
> Hmmm...I do see the problem here. I took a quick look at this issue
> and you are right. It seems the open specification of pdf, especially
> open  source pdf document viewers, lacks the ability to properly
> handle the accessibility tags that allows Adobe Reader to present the
> document to Jaws, Window-Eyes, NVDA, etc. Therefore the real problem
> does seem to be at the open specification level as well as the
> libraries that pdf viewers use to read pdf documents.

A slight correction: the problem is with the libraries only. The PDF 1.7
specification, which is the same version as the ISO 32000 standard, specifies
tagged PDF.

Checking the table of contents shows:
section 14.7 logical structure
14.8 tagged PDF
14.9 accessibility support

So what it needs is for someone to write code.