Re: [orca-list] Libre Office/trying out Linux for school

[Fernando Botelho <Fernando Botelho F123 org>]

I am not sure about the details, since when I produce PDF I do it for 
the sighted, as I already have access to the source when I need to 
revise or read it again. But you should give it a try. Even if you find 
problems, the developers are quite responsive to specific requests.


Pandoc can be found on github.


Fernando



On 03/13/2018 12:21 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Can pandoc make screen reader accessible pdf files?
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2018, Fernando Botelho wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:25:31
> > From: Fernando Botelho <Fernando Botelho F123 org>
> > To: abhijithb21 disroot org, jdashiel panix com
> > Cc: orca-list gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [orca-list] Libre Office/trying out Linux for school
> >
> > You can also write your content in markdown on a text file, and then 
> > convert it into PDF and other formats using pandoc.
> >
> >
> > Fernando
> >
> >
> >
> > On 03/13/2018 12:26 AM, abhijithb21 disroot org wrote:
> > >  There are html/javascript templates for creating presentations. 
> > > Reveal.js
> > >  is a good option.
> > >
> > >  On Tuesday, March 13, 2018, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > > >  org-mode has presentation creation capability and can put those in 
> > > > pdf
> > > >  files it creates too.  Unfortunately, the pdf files are not screen
> > > >  reader accessible.  I forget what the tool inside org-mode is 
> > > > called to
> > > >  do presentations since I've never had occassion to use it.
> > > >
> > > >  On Mon, 12 Mar 2018, Ryan Mann wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >  Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:56:26
> > > > >  From: Ryan Mann <rmann samobile net>
> > > > >  To: orca-list gnome org
> > > > >  Subject: [orca-list] Libre Office/trying out Linux for school
> > > > >
> > > > >  Hello. I am experimenting with using Linux for school.? For this 
> > > > > reason,
> > > > >  I
> > > > >  started playing with Impress since one of my classes requires 
> > > > > PowerPoint
> > > > >  presentations.? So far, I've noticed a few things.? One is that 
> > > > > when I
> > > > >  am
> > > > >  typing a title into the title box for the slide, Escape, then 
> > > > > tab/shift
> > > > >  tab
> > > > >  back to the title, Orca does not read the title I wrote.
> > > > >
> > > > >  When I type content into the object box, Orca does not say that 
> > > > > it is
> > > > >  bulleted.? I don't know if this is because the text does not have
> > > > >  bullets or
> > > > >  if Orca just doesn't tell me where bullets are.
> > > > >
> > > > >  When I go to the slide show, Orca does not read the slides.
> > > > >
> > > > >  I am doing this on a fresh install of Ubuntu 17.10 that I 
> > > > > installed last
> > > > >  night.
> > > > >
> > > > >  I am used to using PowerPoint for this, so maybe I am not using 
> > > > > Impress
> > > > >  properly.? I googled using Orca with Impress and I found messages on
> > > > >  this
> > > > >  lists about problems with it.? Is there a good tutorial for using 
> > > > > Libre
> > > > >  Office with Orca?
> > > > >
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