It took a closer look at "Alternate Descriptions" in PDF. They can only be specified on structure elements or annotations. But since FOP doesn't support Tagged PDF, yet, it's not possible to implement this without also implementing support for Tagged PDF.
On 12.08.2008 23:03:18 Jeremias Maerki wrote: > There's no property in XSL-FO that allows the specification of an > "alternate text" for an image. The "role" property is close, but it's > not exactly that. AntennaHouse solves this using a custom extension > attribute (axf:alttext). For FOP, something similar would have to be > implemented. > > On 12.08.2008 21:29:28 Laycock, Gail wrote: > > I need to create Accessible PDF with a requirement that all images > > have an alternate text attribute. > > if FOP does not use "role" for alternative description of images, is > > there any other potential attribute that FOP may use for this purpose? > > > > Thanks, > > Gail Griffin Laycock > > Peace Technology, Inc. > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > phone: (301) 206-9696 X117 > > fax: (301) 725-1485 > > Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
