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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Oct 8, 2024 11:15AM

Hi Rebecca,

Browsers, even though they all include PDF viewers, are notorious for ignoring PDF’s accessibility features. This is, sadly, a business decision… but I digress.

Accordingly, to be friendlier to users who require the file to be on their desktop in order to read it, it might be best to offer an additional link to “Download the file” using the standard HTML attribute as documented, for example, here:

https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_html_download_link.asp

Duff.

> On Oct 8, 2024, at 11:58, Rebecca Weber < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Hello everyone!
> I hope this email finds you well. I am providing feedback on a Google site. There are many documents imbedded onto the site, including PDFs. When the screen reader gets to a document on the site, it will announce page 1 of X and will continue to advance to the next page, depending on how large the document is. The documents open in a preview on the site. The controls to open the document in Google Drive aren't in the tab order. I don't have experience editing a Google site, so don't know if there is a way to bring this control into the tab order and give it an accessible name. I suggested just linking the documents onto the site. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Rebecca
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> Rebecca Weber
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