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Re: Who benefits of PDF tags aside from screenreaderusers?

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Sep 5, 2013 10:59AM

> To me, it sounds like most people who are not using screen reading software do not need the tags. Is that true?

I'm not sure why you've gathered this impression. In the previous email I explained that tags can power a variety of AT, not just screen readers. To re-iterate the question and answer...

>> Do tags affect how the PDF is displayed visually in a browser?
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> 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.
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> 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.

Duff.