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Re: PDF <L> without <Lbl> tags

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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Jul 14, 2017 3:03PM

The missing LBL tag is from documents created in Word and exported to PDF.

If the list uses a standard bullet character (such as Unicode 2023 black bullet) or numbers, screen readers will announce "Bullet" and "1" before voicing the text of the bullet. So for ordinary lists, it functions sufficiently.

PDFs exported from Adobe InDesign do contain the LBL tag and normal bullet and numbered characters are voiced correctly, but odd Unicode characters aren't voiced.

These results were from NVDA. Don't have JAWS on the computer I'm travelling with.

I have two sample test PDFs, one from Word the other from InDesign. If someone would like to test them with JAWS or other screen readers, contact me off list and I'll send the files.

--Bevi Chagnon

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Alan Zaitchik
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Subject: [WebAIM] PDF <L> without <Lbl> tags

Are there bad consequences if no <Lbl> tag is provided in a List Item? I have a document in which most of the lists have <LBody> elements that include the bullet graphic as part of the Lbody. It is proving time consuming to break the element into two (with Acrobat's Reading Order
tool) and tag the bullet graphic as a Label.
Will an AT user care if we leave the bullet indicator inside the Lbody element?
Thanks,
A