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  Re: PDF 508 Compliance with Python? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-27 16:29 -0500

#18055 — Re: PDF 508 Compliance with Python?

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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