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Re: HTML to tagged PDF conversion, with alt text and other attributes?

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Oct 24, 2013 9:22AM

Hi Paul,

you may want to have a look at PDFreactor 6 from RealObjects:
http://www.realobjects.com/products/pdfreactor/
I do know that they turn HTML tags and other information into tags in PDF (to support accessibility) but I do now know exactly the extent to which they do it, e.g. whether they cover all the relevant attributes etc. I suggest to simply get in touch with them and tell them what you are looking for. Then if they claim they have what you need, you can download samples or try their software.

Olaf



Am 24 Oct 2013 um 14:40 schrieb Paul Bohman < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:

> Those are all good questions, but in my case they have already been
> resolved, or at least I should say I have taken that into account in the
> planning process. I have one set of styles for screen, and another for
> print and PDF. The print styles strip the web navigation. Wherever there
> are interactive elements, I use conditional scripting to insert screenshots
> and/or text substitutes.
>
> Basically, I want to use a single document source in HTML format that can
> be accessed for various purposes, including printing or accessible ebook
> via PDF.
>
>
> Paul Bohman, PhD
> Director of Training
> Deque Systems, Inc
> www.deque.com
> 703-225-0380, ext.121
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:53 AM, Olaf Drümmer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> out of curiosity - what would you need this for?
>>
>> And what would you expect, given that the typical HTML page comes as part
>> of a page structure, pages contain navigation, etc. whereas your typical
>> PDF document has all the content in one go, needs less navigation, because
>> some of the navigation is inherent to the file format and/or you have
>> different mechanism, like bookmarks. Would you expect that several HTMLp
>> ages are converted at the same time, and that based on linking you would go
>> from PDF to the other by clicking on an entry in some kind of navigation
>> bar that existed in the HTML but also is present in the PDF converted from
>> the HTML?
>>
>> And what about dynamic features, like accordions or sliders or …
>>
>> And last but not least: would expect you result to match styling in the
>> HTML as much as possible, or are you looming at a styling more suitable for
>> a static, page based medium like PDF?
>>
>>
>> Olaf
>>
>>
>> Am 24 Oct 2013 um 02:17 schrieb Paul Bohman < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:
>>
>>> I've been searching all over for a tool that convert HTML to tagged PDF
>> in
>>> a way that retains all tags and attributes. So far I haven't found any.
>>> Adobe's tool creates the tags accurately, but it does not retain any of
>> the
>>> attributes. No alt text, no table header scopes or ids, and so on. Is
>> there
>>> a tool that can convert an accessible HTML file into an accessible PDF
>> file?
>>>
>>> Paul Bohman, PhD
>>> Director of Training
>>> Deque Systems, Inc
>>> www.deque.com
>>> 703-225-0380, ext.121
>>> >>> >>> >>
>> >> >> >>
> > >