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Re: Emphasized Text in PDFs

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Oct 22, 2013 2:02PM

>But this only works if strong or em are used as opposed to b or i in HTML

I don't believe this to be the case, its the font style that AT pick up not
the semantics of the elements.

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SteveF
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On 22 October 2013 20:34, David Ashleydale < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Lucy,
>
> I know that screen readers and other AT don't announce emphasized text by
> default, but I believe there are ways to investigate it if you want. But
> this only works if strong or em are used as opposed to b or i in HTML, I
> believe. I was just trying to find out if PDF authors need to do anything
> special to emphasized words in order for AT users to be able to investigate
> it if they want.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, Lucy Greco wrote:
>
> > Hello:
> > Even though the html supports the strong and ... screen readers and or
> > other AT do not recognize it in any way and it never comes over to us.
> >
> > Lucia Greco
> > Web Access Analyst
> > IST-Campus Technology Services
> > University of California, Berkeley
> > (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
> > http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
> > Follow me on twitter @accessaces
> >
> >
> >