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Topic: RE: Tagging in Adobe Reader (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) PDF Accessibility, Msg: 138232
From: Duff_Johnson
Date: 8/19/2005 11:34 PM

> I have some documents that I would like to read out loud, but
> the documents are not in the correct reading order at all and
> have mathematical equations with Greek letters as well as
> figures with captions in the middle. Is there anyway that I
> can use Adobe Reader to retag the documents so that they read
> correctly. I would also need to have it read something
> different for the equations, because they are text, but are
> not recognized by the reader. If Adobe Reader cannot do
> this, is there any freeware that does this? Otherwise what
> is my cheapest option? I am using Windows XP and Adobe Reader 6.0.

At an absolute minimum, you will need Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0 -
$449. Correcting the reading order will be simple - use the Touch Up
Reading Order Tool, and/or the Tags panel. As for the equations, you
will need to come up with your preferred alternate text for each one
(ie, a "narrative" that describes the equation), and then provide this
text as alt. text to an object in each equation.

There are a handful of service organizations who can do this for
you - for a fee, of course...

Duff Johnson
Document Solutions, Inc.
http://www.document-solutions.com