this got dropped in my lap a few minutes ago:
we have 700 PDFs that didn't cut the customer's mustard in terms of 508 Compliance. basically, all images found in the PDFs need to have alternate text associated with them. this way, blind users can utilize screen readers that will pick up the alt text tag and read to them whatever description was put in there.
for the purposes of the 700 documents, our customer would be happy to have each image's alt tag say the same thing ("For more information on this graphic, contact Joe Blow..."). so it becomes a giant batch process.
i need to find a solution that will scan every PDF in a directory and insert the specified alt text tag every time it finds an image.
sorry if this isn't clear. i'm typing fast b/c we needed this 6 months ago and i've been told we have to do something immediately. i'm having a hard time finding any PDF plugins or apps that look anything like what i need.
help! and thanks so much in advance.
sincerely,
g.l. updyke
we have 700 PDFs that didn't cut the customer's mustard in terms of 508 Compliance. basically, all images found in the PDFs need to have alternate text associated with them. this way, blind users can utilize screen readers that will pick up the alt text tag and read to them whatever description was put in there.
for the purposes of the 700 documents, our customer would be happy to have each image's alt tag say the same thing ("For more information on this graphic, contact Joe Blow..."). so it becomes a giant batch process.
i need to find a solution that will scan every PDF in a directory and insert the specified alt text tag every time it finds an image.
sorry if this isn't clear. i'm typing fast b/c we needed this 6 months ago and i've been told we have to do something immediately. i'm having a hard time finding any PDF plugins or apps that look anything like what i need.
help! and thanks so much in advance.
sincerely,
g.l. updyke