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Does this API allow for the generation of accessible documents, such as PDFs, which can then be read by blind persons using a screen reader such as Jaws or NVDA? These tools have the ability to bring up a dialog box (e.g. elements list) listing the links, headings, form fields, buttons and landmarks present on documents, (e.g. html, pdf, and so on) that blind people would need in order for them to navigate a document.



We’ve done some tests in that area and while Chromium is technically able to generate tagged PDFs, which would be accessible for the most part, it’s far from perfect.

We have some work planned in that direction, but nothing close to release at this stage.




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