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Re: Who benefits of PDF tags aside from screenreaderusers?
From: McMorland, Gabriel C
Date: Sep 5, 2013 8:07AM
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To me, it sounds like most people who are not using screen reading software do not need the tags. Is that true?
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> Do tags affect how the PDF is displayed visually in a browser?
Implementers of PDF viewers may use tags in any number of ways, including to influence visual display, drive navigation systems (such as zooming, or a joystick), move between form-field elements and more.
Example: one could use tags to represent a three-column document in a single column of text. Existing tools such as pdfGoHTML and VIP Reader provide precisely this capability.
> If so, is there a difference between desktop browser and mobil browser?
Whether and how to use tagged PDF is a choice for each software developer.
To answer your specific question, I'm not aware of mobile browser software that makes use of tagged PDF at this time (but I would love to be corrected on this point!)
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