WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: PDF Container tags

for

From: Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC)
Date: Sep 29, 2015 7:10AM

<bevi>
But to clarify my earlier question:
Do these various container tags -- <DOCUMENT>, <PART>, <ART>, <SECT>, and <DIV> -- have any effect on screen readers and other AT?
</bevi>

These tags do not have any impact on any AT that I have tested with (JAWS, Window Eyes, NVDA, ZoomText, Magic, Dragon, or VoiceOver for either OSX or iOS). I have found them useful when remediating document because they allow me to work on logical chunks in the tag tree. If you split a document Acrobat Pro will place each split section into a <PART> which makes it easy to work on a page at a time when you stitch things back together.

Mike Moore
Accessibility Coordinator
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Civil Rights Office
(512) 438-3431 (Office)