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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Nov 12, 2019 5:48AM

I would add that, like what is happening in other international arenas, those of us with disabilities can have a seat at the table but having a voice at that table is entirely different.

I have, and will continue to have, research based on user experience and remediator experience in making PDF accessible and have made it pointedly available to the major players in the software fields. It has not made any difference.

Tagging a PowerPoint today is worse in all four conversion tools (Acrobat, Foxit, PowerPDF and the Microsoft conversion tool) than it has ever been, to the point that I don't tag from PowerPoint anymore. I create the alternate format in Word and everyone gets that. There is still some clean-up and a plethora of garbage tags but nothing like what I see coming from PowerPoint.

I'm beginning to wonder if all of the other software developers are simply wrapping code around Acrobat or if the ISO specs are so "convoluted" that every development team is interpreting them in the same way resulting in horrid tagging and bloated Tags Trees. For example, EVERY conversion tool is breaking the TOC and EVERY conversion tool is including the text associated with a TOC as a TOCI even when it is clearly identified in the source document as either a Heading 2 or Subtitle.

I'm now seeing that lists are being mistagged even when properly created in Word - again in all four conversion tools. Surely not EVERY developer or development team is misinterpreting the ISO standards?

Cheers, Karen