Re: Creating an accessible Table of Contents

There is no need for any plugin to make T O C 'accessible.' It just needs
to be done correctly in the source Word document before converting.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Andy Keyworth <akeyworth@tbase.com> wrote:

>  Hi Vivienne,****
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> Our company regularly produces accessible PDFs for our clients- we have to
> avoid exactly the problems you describe below.****
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> We use the following process:****
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> **1.       **Create the original document in Microsoft Word 2010;****
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> **2.       **Add the Table of Contents in MS Word, by using the
> References > Table of Contents feature. We use “Automatic Table 2” to set
> the format of the table.****
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> **3.       **Use CommonLook PDF <http://www.commonlook.com/CommonLook-PDF>,
> a plugin for Acrobat, to do the actual conversion. We’ve found that it
> produces screen reader-friendly, consistent Tables of Contents.****
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> I’ve tested the results in JAWS 10: the dots are not read out.****
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> *Andy Keyworth
> *Senior Web Accessibility Specialist | T-Base Communications Inc.<http://www.tbase.com/>
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> *From:* Vivienne CONWAY [mailto:v.conway@ecu.edu.au]
> *Sent:* February-22-13 9:39 PM
> *To:* w3c-wai-ig@w3.org list
> *Subject:* Creating an accessible Table of Contents****
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> Hi all****
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> I'm wondering if anyone has discovered how to create a Table of Contents
> in Word that reads properly with a screen reader when the document is put
> into PDF..  Using the automatic TOC function you get a disaster for reading
> - some styles read all the dots in the dot leader, others read something
> like 89 dot and then the page number.  At best if you choose the option for
> the solid line which is recommended you get "Chapter one one (page
> number)" with no pause - and that's only if you have the punctuation
> reading turned right down to minimal setting. As soon as you set the screen
> reader to read 'most' punctuation it reads either the dots or the number of
> dots etc.****
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> I'm working with a local government who create a lot of large documents
> such as council meetings which are put into PDF that they need to make
> accessible and are accessed throuigh their website.  At present the TOC
> function is causing real headaches.  We've tried all kinds of options in
> Word they none of them read nicely from the PDF document that is created
> after tagging the Word document properly.****
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> Any ideas?****
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> Regards****
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> Vivienne L. Conway, B.IT <http://b.it/>(Hons), MACS CT, AALIA(cs)****
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> PhD Candidate & Sessional Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A.***
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