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Re: Screen reader reading words as run-on

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: May 3, 2022 4:02AM

> On May 3, 2022, at 05:49, Karen McCall < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> The Actual Text attribute does not let you add semantic structure such as headings, lists, tables and so forth.

This is not accurate. Any graphics object on a PDF page may have ActualText assigned irrespective of semantic tagging,

ActualText is typically applied via a <Span> element, which itself may be contained in headings, lists, etc. ActualText can also be assigned to marked content.

Duff.