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Re: PDF reading order and tag order

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Jun 7, 2017 11:46AM

> If you were deaf/blind, you'd be using a braille device like a braille keyboard, which most likely would use the Order reading order, not the Tag reading order.

It is my experience that most refreshable Braille displays are driven by screen readers and that most screen readers use the tag order. The content order does appear to be used by a limited number of tools -- in some situations for the read out loud tool but not other means of navigation with read out loud. It also would likely be used via the reflow option. So both orders are important -- but I'd say the tag order is more often used anything that is in the tag order can be repurposed by other tools more easily such as the VIP Reader and thus is the most important if you couldn't synch them up.

Jonathan

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