Questions tagged [accessibility]
{accessibility} is for questions relating to the accessibility of documents produced using TeX and friends.
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How do I debug what is causing tagging related warnings and how do I fix them?
I have a sty file which defines my institution's dissertation format. I have for the most part been able to get it to work with tagging (via TexLive 2025, LuaLaTeX and tweaking code) for accessibility....
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Please help to make siunitx screen-reader friendly
I have a large scientific manuscript that I am trying to make screen-reader friendly. In many places, I have written quantities such as \qty{32.5(12)}{\micro\gram\per\milli\litre} I am trying to "...
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Rendering tikz code as an image in a separate file, then using \includegraphics in the main file, whilst complying with PDF/UA
I'm typing some lecture notes in LaTeX, and I want the document to be accessible (PDF/UA compliant). Extra guidance on LaTeX PDF-accessibility would be helpful. My main point of concern is with ...
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Image's alt text read at the end of the page, not in the order where the image appears on the page
As the title says, the MWE below produces a PDF which contains embedded alt text for the image. But screen readers reading the page don't read the image's alt text in the order that the image appears....
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LuaLaTeX Accessible PDF not validated by accessibility checker
I am having serious problems generating a PDF in TeX that passes my accessibility checker. Below is a minimal working example that should produce an accessible PDF, but the checker highlights that ...
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What should the marked content of multiple nodes be for tagged tikzpictures?
Consider \DocumentMetadata{lang=en-GB,tagging=on,pdfversion=2.0,pdfstandard=UA-2,} \documentclass{article} \tagpdfsetup{math/mathml/luamml/load=false} \title{Title} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \...
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tagged pdf math book: best practices
I want to learn the correct way of writing a tagged math book. Is my current structure sufficient? If not, how can I improve this skeleton? What packages must I sacrifice in the name of tagging? In my ...
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How to use new template based blocks?
Traditionally in LaTeX, a lot of things are built on the \list macro. This structure provides a standard way to adjast margins and vertical spacing for blocks of text. But with the move to accesible ...
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Is there a process for creating WCAG 2.1 AA compliant files using LaTeX?
In April of 2026, all publicly funded institution in the United States will be required to comply with the WCAG 2.1, level AA standards. More information about this is provided on an ADA factsheet. ...
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cline and accessibility package [closed]
I'm updating documents to use the accessibility package and have run into a problem when using \cline when building a table. Here is a minimal example: \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage[tagged,...
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accessible pdf running out of memory
I'm trying to convert a 1097 page textbook to be more accessible with \DocumentMetadata{testphase={latest,math,table},lang=en} \tagpdfsetup{math/alt/use = true} Unfortunately, the compilation dies at ...
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How can I set font-specific tounicode values in LuaTeX?
OrnementsADF puts ornaments into arbitrarily named slots in the font e.g. A, B and so on. For example, an arrowhead is in the slot named as the right square bracket. By default, then, all tounicode ...
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Tagging of the footnote seperator line for a PDF/UA [closed]
I am using PAC 2024 to check if my LaTex-generated PDF is accessible. Unfortunately, I am getting the error that the line above the footnote has no tag. I am talking about this line: For tagging, I ...
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Auto transliteration
Given Arabic text, is there a LaTeX package that gives its Romanized version? See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic This is basically the reverse of what ArabTeX does. E.g: خَبَر --...
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make4ht and xymatrix in 2024
I am having trouble converting diagrams make using xymatrix using make4ht. In a discussion from 3 years ago, the following MWE and command line were said to work, but they do not. In light of the DoJ ...
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