(unknown charset) RE: Creating an accessible Table of Contents

wow this is the first time I've found a pdf doc that works well in linux 
and plain text reader. now that is assuming the link was done in Word and 
converted to pdf then converted with commonlook to an accessible format.

progress it happens

Bob


On Mon, 25 Feb 2013, Andy Keyworth wrote:

> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:01:47 -0500
> From: Andy Keyworth <akeyworth@tbase.com>
> To: 'Vivienne CONWAY' <v.conway@ecu.edu.au>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Creating an accessible Table of Contents
> Resent-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:02:15 +0000
> Resent-From: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> 
> Hi Vivienne,
>
>
>
> Our company regularly produces accessible PDFs for our clients- we have to
> avoid exactly the problems you describe below.
>
>
>
> We use the following process:
>
>
>
> 1.       Create the original document in Microsoft Word 2010;
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> I've tested the results in JAWS 10: the dots are not read out.
>
>
>
> Andy Keyworth
> Senior Web Accessibility Specialist |  <http://www.tbase.com/> T-Base
> Communications Inc.
> 19 Main Street � Ottawa, ON � K1S 1A9
> telephone. 613. 236. 0866 Ext. 256 � fax. 613. 236. 0484
> email.  <mailto:akeyworth@tbase.com> akeyworth@tbase.com
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Vivienne L. Conway, B.IT(Hons), MACS CT, AALIA(cs)
>
> PhD Candidate & Sessional Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A.
>
> Director, Web Key IT Pty Ltd.
>
> v.conway@ecu.edu.au
>
> v.conway@webkeyit.com
>
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