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Re: Reading upper-level Unicode glyphs in PDF

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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Sep 8, 2009 8:50AM

Wouldn't you want to use the Actual Text attribute since you want the
character to read as part of text and not as a standalone graphic?

Cheers, Karen

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On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Bevi Chagnon | PubCom< <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Since JAWS isn't reading the Unicode characters, do you have any suggested
> workaround for those of us who must create documents with these extended
> characters?

I think the only way to have them read is to provide the character
name or text into the tags of the document. In Acrobat Pro, select the
tag for that character (you might need to go through the process of
creating a new tag if that character is included in a tag that
contains the surrounding text), then select Properties... Tag... and
then enter Alternative Text into the appropriate box.

Jared Smith
WebAIM