Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10/20/2015 5:11 AM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: My understanding of PDF/UA is a very valid requirement to make texts accessible through standard tools, in particular but not limited to users having visual deficiencies, for example. This is the reason, not hype, behind the US government pushing this

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10/20/2015 4:35 AM, Andrew Dunning wrote: On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:33 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Indeed context supports tagged pdf already for a while, although only acrobat can do something with it. Making it default is not really an option as there is overhead involved (a bit

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Ulrike Fischer
Am Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:10:29 +0200 schrieb luigi scarso: >> Please note that the PDFs produced by ConTeXt when tagging is enabled are >> still some steps short of being PDF/UA compliant. You can check this with >> the freely available "PDF Accessibility Checker". (Just google for it.) >

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10/20/2015 10:10 AM, luigi scarso wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Christoph Reller > wrote: On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 22:35:46 -0400 > wrote: >

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Christoph Reller
On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 22:35:46 -0400 wrote: > > On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:33 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > > Indeed context supports tagged pdf already for a while, although only > acrobat can do something with it. Making it default is not really an option > as

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Christoph Reller < christoph.rel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 22:35:46 -0400 wrote: > >> > On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:33 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> > >> > Indeed context supports tagged pdf already for a while,

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10/20/2015 3:37 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:31:05 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: but no public spec ... just a to be payed for iso one .. Is the following useful? http://www.aiim.org/Research-and-Publications/standards/committees/PDFUA/ no fun reading from a

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Andrew Dunning
> On 20 Oct 2015, at 9:26 AM, Peter Rolf wrote: > > Will look into it (sorry, but I am kind of ignorant to new standards, > that I don't use myself) :D That’s hugely appreciated; I am not much of a programmer, but let me know if there is anything I can do to help. All best,

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Andrew Dunning
> On 20 Oct 2015, at 5:32 PM, Peter Rolf wrote: > > You are the first user of this feature, so your job will be to test it > properly, once it's implemented. The programming work will exclusively > be done by Hans. All I do is find out the formal definitions of the > standard

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Peter Rolf
Am 20.10.2015 um 20:03 schrieb Andrew Dunning: > >> On 20 Oct 2015, at 9:26 AM, Peter Rolf wrote: >> >> Will look into it (sorry, but I am kind of ignorant to new standards, >> that I don't use myself) :D > > That’s hugely appreciated; I am not much of a programmer, but let me

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Peter Rolf
Am 20.10.2015 um 09:12 schrieb Hans Hagen: > On 10/20/2015 4:35 AM, Andrew Dunning wrote: >> >>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:33 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >>> >>> Indeed context supports tagged pdf already for a while, although only >>> acrobat can do something with it. Making it default is

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-20 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:31:05 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: > but no public spec ... just a to be payed for iso one .. Is the following useful? http://www.aiim.org/Research-and-Publications/standards/committees/PDFUA/ Alan

[NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-19 Thread Andrew Dunning
Dear list, I am beginning to see increasing need for PDF/UA (ISO 14289) files. Earlier this year, the US Access Board announced an update to the rules for the accessibility of electronic documents produced by the government that embraces the standard, which I expect will make it much more

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10/19/2015 5:50 PM, Andrew Dunning wrote: Dear list, I am beginning to see increasing need for PDF/UA (ISO 14289) files. Earlier this year, the US Access Board announced an update to the rules for the accessibility of electronic documents produced by the government that embraces the

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-19 Thread Alan BRASLAU
My understanding of PDF/UA is a very valid requirement to make texts accessible through standard tools, in particular but not limited to users having visual deficiencies, for example. This is the reason, not hype, behind the US government pushing this standard. Alternative rendering (via web

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/UA Support

2015-10-19 Thread Andrew Dunning
> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:33 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > > Indeed context supports tagged pdf already for a while, although only acrobat > can do something with it. Making it default is not really an option as there > is overhead involved (a bit more runtime and much larger filesize)