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From: Ted
Date: May 19, 2012 2:01AM

If you think your readership might include ZoomText users, a ZoomText bug to
watch for when using Actual Text to fix a problem like this is that the
Actual Text will appear multiple times.

In this case, it will appear once for each of "T", "H", "I", "S", "I", "S"
and "A heading level 1". So the Actual text will be heard seven times in
succession in both App Reader and Doc Reader and will appear (visually)
seven times in a row in DocReader.

With a bit of messing about in the Content panel this can usually be reduced
to just two instances, but much better to try to fix the problem at source
if possible.

Ted Page
Director PWS Ltd
www.pws-ltd.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Karlen Communications [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: 18 May 2012 15:12
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF Header Questions


It sounds like a font issue. This font is known to cause this type of
problems. It can be repaired in Acrobat by adding Actual Text to the <H1>
Tag. However, you might then get an accessibility error indicating that
there is alternative text that will not be read by adaptive technology.
Sometimes you'll get this message and sometimes you won't. It is because
you've added the attribute to something other than a <Figure> Tag.

The type of font you used is not a "standard" font and is sort of a hybrid
for lack of better phrasing.

Cheers, Karen

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Tony Olivero
Sent: May-18-12 9:53 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] PDF Header Questions

Hello:



Does anyone have any thoughts on why an H1 (created in the word source file)
would appear to a screenreader to span multiple lines broken across
characters? When I read it with JAWS, it's basically sounding like:



"Heading 1 in word: This is a heading 1.



In the PDF:

T

H

I

S



I

S

A heading 1



The source style is Ariel Narrow, 24pt, all caps



Thanks for any input.



Tony

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