JasperReport 4 generated tagged pdf file doesn't have SECTION 508 COMPLIANCE

Affects me too using JAWS 13.0

I found the way how to fix that issue - I had to recompile jasper reports in order to do that.

 

in JRPdfExporterTagHelper you should update startText to be like the following:

 

protected void startText(String text)

{

if (isTagged)

{

// PdfStructureElement parentTag = tableCellTag == null ? (tableHeaderTag == null ? allTag : tableHeaderTag): tableCellTag;

// PdfStructureElement textTag = new PdfStructureElement(parentTag, PdfName.TEXT);

PdfStructureElement textTag = new PdfStructureElement((PdfStructureElement)tagStack.peek(), PdfName.TEXT);

textTag.put(PdfName.ALT, new PdfString(text));

pdfContentByte.beginMarkedContentSequence(textTag);

}

}

 

 

Main trick here is to add

 

textTag.put(PdfName.ALT, new PdfString(text));

 

Also change JRPdfExporter to change caller from

tagHelper.startText();

to

tagHelper.startText(styledText.getText());

I tested rukus' fix and it does work using JAWS13 screen reader. May I request this fix to be verified and put into the next JasperReports release? Thanks.

 

 

Changed Status from New to Assigned

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Changed Resolution from Open to Fixed

Changed Status from Assigned to Resolved

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Hi,The PDF 508C support was revisited in the latest JR 6.2.0 release and is now hopefully fixed.Thanks,Teodor