Dear Hans.
Excellent. I'm convinced myself that the optimal solution will be two
separate documents, one an exact replica of the physical publication, the
other tailored to the needs of the visually impaired. The latter should
have the same pagination as the former for purposes of referring to a work,
and would also ideally be customizable - I've encountered one classicist
who doesn't mind footnotes being read out at the foot of each page, another
who would like the option of reading the main text without the interruption
of footnotes, and no doubt there are further permutations.
At all events, I think it's essential to work with a selection of visually
impaired readers while this is being developed, rather than just guessing
what they might want.
Best wishes
John
On Mon, 11 Aug 2025, 16:41 Hans Hagen via ntg-context, <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
wrote:
> On 8/11/2025 5:14 PM, John Was wrote:
> > Dear List
> >
> > Following the helpful advice received about in-line figures, I had a
> > thought about adapting this for the purpose of allowing an audio reader
> > to read out a footnote in situ to a visually impaired reader (before
> > continuing with reading of the main text). The following MWE
> > essentially works in a rather Heath Robinson way (using \tagnote in
> > place of \footnote), but there are obvious glitches (for example, italic
> > and other font switches in a footnote ought really to be eliminated in
> > the audible version). The reader would also have the irritation of the
> > notes being read again when the audio reader gets to the foot of the
> > page: I am wondering if something could be done with \phantom or an
> > equivalent, so as to leave all the space occupied by the note (thus
> > preserving the pagination of the physically printed book). But there's
> > no sense in going further if the consensus is that I'm barking up the
> > wrong tree! Here is the sample:
> >
> > \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}]
> >
> > \setupinteraction
> >
> > [state=start]
> >
> > \setupinteractionscreen
> >
> > [option=bookmark]
> >
> > \setupbackend[format=pdf/ua-2]% needs to come before:
> >
> > \setuptagging[state=start]%otherwise lots of stuff will silently break
> >
> > \setupstructure[state=start]
> >
> > \setupnote
> >
> > [textcommand={\offset[y=-1ex]},% raise the number
> >
> > textstyle={\switchtobodyfont[10pt]}]
> >
> > \setupnotation
> >
> > [footnote]
> >
> > [alternative=serried,% number in the paragraph
> >
> > headcommand=\groupedcommand{\hskip{8pt}}{},% space before the number
> >
> > distance=4pt,% space after the number
> >
> > numbercommand={\offset[y=-1ex]},% raise the number
> >
> > numberstyle={\switchtobodyfont[10pt]},
> >
> > before={\blank[medium]}]% vertical space before the entry
> >
> > \define[1]\notetag
> >
> > {\footnote{#1}\llap{\let \it \relax \externalfigure[cow]
> > [width=0pt,height=0pt,label={Footnote: #1}]}}
> >
> > \starttext
> >
> > The phenomenon of colonialism extended borders well beyond traditional
> > dynastic realms.\notetag{Among recent works, see David Graeber and
> > Marshall Sahlins, {\it On Kings\/} (Chicago, 2017), and Elena Woodacre,
> > Lucinda H.~S. Dean, Chris Jones, et~al. (eds.), {\it The Routledge
> > History of Monarchy\/} (London, 2019).} Furthermore, monarchies do not
> > consist solely of individual rulers, but encompass an intricate network
> > of family members.
> >
> > \stoptext
>
> fwiw, we're experimenting with the option to make footnotes an alt and
> pop up but need to test it more
>
> we also ponder a variant where one makes two documents, one normal and
> one crapped for tagging (maybe with more verbose rendering of some content)
>
> Hans
>
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