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Re: Z-Order and Tag Order Need to Match?
From: chagnon@pubcom.com
Date: May 27, 2020 4:41PM
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Quote: " One of the assistive technologies that relies on the Content order rather than the tags is the PDF reader in Read&Write from TextHelp, which is a popular tool used in education settings." /EndQuote
Exactly. It's used from primary ed to post-graduate.
When I've had the chance to talk with these technology manufacturers (not specifically Read and Write, but others), they've said they really don't have the R&D budget to retool their software/hardware to meet the PDF/UA-1 standard. They cater to a small, select market and massive R&D changes would price their product out of that market. Both the companies and the end users would suffer.
A colleague wondered if we have built a system that, although intended to include people, ends up excluding those who can't afford the better, and more expensive technologies that do the job right.
A form of economic discrimination, in a way. Definitely not what was intended.
Just my personal opinion from the inside.
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Hi Paul,
One of the assistive technologies that relies on the Content order rather than the tags is the PDF reader in Read&Write from TextHelp, which is a popular tool used in education settings.
I'm a CommonLook customer, and I wonder if that tool includes any feature to correct the Content order to match the tag order?
Thanks
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