[Athen] Strikethrough formatting in MS Word and PDF?

[joe at a11yeval.com]

Hi All,

 

I talked to Our PDF expert :

 

“you can put the strikethrough/highlighted text within a <Span> tag and put the alternative text in the "actual text" field.  The SR will focus on the actual text content, and the visual design won't have to be altered.  I must've misread what you first said, apologies for that

Then put the <Span> tag within a <P>”

 

So in a PDF you can put the text in a container element and the use the “Actual Text” property to include both the original text and the words “[highlight/strikethrough] [begin/end]” at the beginning and end of the “Actual Text” property so Screen readers announce the info, but it is not visually there. Basically an “aria-label” for text content in a PDF. The “Actual text” field is meant to be used for charts and graphs.

 

Hope this helps.

  Joe

 

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Karlen Communications
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 12:10 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Strikethrough formatting in MS Word and PDF?

 

In JAWS we can ask for the formatting at the cursor point which would give us this information but you have to be at the beginning or somewhere in the text that has the strikethrough. In Word you can search for Strikethrough but you have to suspect it is in the document to search for it.

 

In PDF, all bets are off. We currently don’t have the ability to identify specific formatting. I just tried getting formatting information on text with Strikethrough using JAWS/current version and all I have access to is a font not in the document (BCED) and the “Times New Roman” also not in the document. The 12 pt is correct but that is it.

 

Can’t check NVDA as it is acting up at the present time on my computer.

 

Cheers, Karen

 

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu <mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> > On Behalf Of Sean Keegan
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 11:10 AM
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Subject: [Athen] Strikethrough formatting in MS Word and PDF?

 

Hello all,

 

I was asked about the capabilities of screen-readers communicating the Strikethrough formatting in MS Word and PDF documents.

 


>From my testing, I was not able to get either JAWS or NVDA to recognize and communicate the text content that had a Strikethrough effect. I was using recent versions of JAWS, NVDA, and Microsoft Word 365.


 

Has anyone been able to get JAWS or NVDA to recognize the Strikethrough formatting in MS Word (or PDF) documents?

 

I found a nice solution for HTML-based content from Adrian Roselli (see https://codepen.io/aardrian/pen/bYJrWe), but HTML is not an output option at this time.

 

Thanks for any feedback.

 

Take care,

Sean

 

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