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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: PDF 508 Compliance with Python? |
| Date | 2011-12-27 16:29 -0500 |
| References | <DD700AAFC4C25B4488514B41EAD93FF418F3B81E@VHAV10MSGA1.v10.med.va.gov> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.4153.1325021369.27778.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 12/27/2011 11:35 AM, Yanovsky, Boris, VHACIN wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to Python and I hope my question makes sense. We are trying to > make PDFs 508 Compliant, meaning that the objects within them have to be > tagged. The problem is that we have hundreds, and potentially thousands > of PDFs, since they are automated reports that we create on a regular basis. > > Is there a code or feature in Python that can read PDFs and tag the > objects within them for this kind of compliance? There are 3rd party python packages that can read and write .pdfs. Google 'Python pdf library' or just go to http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=pdf&submit=search Make sure you check out the one from ReportLab. I suspect at least one will do what you want. -- Terry Jan Reedy
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Re: PDF 508 Compliance with Python? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-27 16:29 -0500
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