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Re: Artifact tag vs. Change tag to artifact in Acrobat

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From: chagnon
Date: Mar 6, 2020 1:27PM

As others have stated, the <Artifact> tag is part of the new PDF 2.0 standard, and will also be in the forthcoming PDF/UA-2 standard.

The problem is that no A T we know of recognize the tag. Some screen readers voice it as "Artifact Path Path Path Path Path Path Path..."

The assistive technologies haven't adopted it yet, so while it can have splendiferous potential (as Duff described), it's right now an f-ing "pain in the anatomy" that makes the PDF less accessible.

This is a good example of the lack of coordination between all the stakeholders: the standards committees, PDF software producers, and assistive technologies.

They all have to get on the same page of the hymnal in order to provide any benefit to the end users.

When we get complaints from clients and end users about them, we artifact out the <Artifact> tags. Crazy.

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