> Am 14.02.2025 um 20:43 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl > <mailto:j.ha...@xs4all.nl>>: > > On 2/14/2025 8:03 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > >> in my case the publisher that needs this feature right now is Heidelberg >> University Publishing: >> https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/ <https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/> >> Definitely no turnaround over 7 digits. A small but committed publisher, >> that is engaged in making PDF documents also accessible for blind people. > > - adding some Alt whatever to a pdf has been possible for ages but only when > it's required by law they do it > > - adding some simple label is not helping the blind, while making a dedicated > document (or providing the sources) with more extensive description of what > this image is showing makes more sense > > - add audio resources to documents clearly explaining matters that require > something that a blind person needs seems better to me (also something that > can be done for ages) > > so ... if publishers really cared about that they'd embraced tex as tool for > *multiple* output (not only blind, maybe also huge fonts etc for bad eyesight > or alternative coloring for color blind or ...) > > not even now, with accessibility on the agenda, those demands show up ... so > forgive if i don't take publishers demands too serious on this
Just today I received an e-mail, telling me that all publications that were typeset with ConTeXt since 2023 need to be enhanced with alt_text at images, otherwise their PDFs wont be published online. Here is the law (in german) that is the background for this announcement: https://bfsg-gesetz.de/ <https://bfsg-gesetz.de/> Yours, Steffen
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