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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Dec 13, 2018 9:25AM

Hello,
ConTxt does not generate accessible PDFs in any configuration I have
managed to put it in.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 8:17 AM Philip Kiff < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On 2018-12-13 9:30 AM, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> > As per the links I had in my email - switching to the ConTeXt writer
> > engine (rather than pdflatex) apparently allows generation of PDF/A
>
> Just to be clear, there is a difference between PDF/A and PDF/UA.
> PDF/A is an old, archive PDF format designed to be self-contained, and
> that can be generated within the spec without any tagging.
> PDF/UA is a newer, PDF "Universal Access" format, which requires correct
> tagging as well as a number of other accessibility considerations.
>
> I don't know about ConTeXt, but I see references to PDF/A not PDF/UA, so
> it may be that it generates PDF/A without any tagging capabilities?
>
> In the past, I have had challenges finding an open source PDF conversion
> engine that is capable of producing a PDF/UA-compliant file, or even a
> relatively well-formed, properly tagged PDF.
>
> Phil.
>
> > > > >