[Tex/LaTex] LaTeX accessibility

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Does anyone know of any LaTeX modules that makes the pdf output generated by pdflatex Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)/Section 508 compliant?

Specifics:

  • With regard to math. One simple solution is to embed the latex equation as an alt tag. Simpler, and IMO better than translating to MathML.

  • With regard to graphics. I use dot to generate the graphics. A simple solution here is to
    embed the .dot file as an alt tag for the figure.

Is there any way to generate alt tags with pdflatex?

Best Answer

Try the \pdfcomment package. There's an option to add a tool tip to the PDF using \pdftooltip{item}{tooltip}, where the item can be a float (e.g. \pdftooltip{\includegraphics[]{}}{description of my figure}).

The overall process that I've settled on to produce 508-compliant documents is to

  1. Produce a high-quality PDF from LaTeX which includes all of the tooltips
  2. Run the PDF through the tagging tool that is provided by Adobe Acrobat X (Adobe how-to).
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