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From: Cameron Cundiff
Date: Oct 29, 2013 12:28PM

Alistair, take a look at Apache PDFBox <http://pdfbox.apache.org/>;. It is
open source, and based on a cursory exploration it supports generating
tagged pdfs.


On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Schalk Neethling
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> Hey Alastair,
>
> I am not sure how accessible this is, used it a long time ago but, have
> you looked at http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/
>
> It is mostly for reporting I believe, not sure if that fits your needs
> but, can also generate PDF. HTH
>
> On 29/10/2013 17:16, Alastair Campbell wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > A few years ago I looked into server-side PDF creation of accessible
> > (tagged) PDFs and didn't find much.
> >
> > I was only looking for open source programs at the time though, now I'm
> > open to anything. (Windows or *nix servers.)
> >
> > Does anyone know of any good options? I assume Adobe do one but my
> > google-foo doesn't seem to work, I must be missing a keyword or two!
> >
> > Any other providers for server-side tagged PDFs?
> >
> > -Alastair
> > > > > > > >
>
> --
> Kind Regards
> Schalk Neethling
> Lead Front-End Engineer
> Mozilla
> > > >