pdfGoHTML

pdfGoHTML is a free Acrobat plug-in (Acrobat DC Standard and Pro only) converting tagged PDF files into HTML, supporting PDF/UA. It shows where the tagging structure of the PDF needs improvement.

pdfGoHTML is a free Acrobat Plug-in (Acrobat DC Standard and Pro only) converting tagged PDF files into HTML supporting the ISO PDF/UA standard for universally accessible PDF documents and forms. One simple click on the plug-in button converts the tagged PDF into HTML that is opened in the default browser. In the resulting HTML different views can be selected to examine the tagging structure, have a more flexible reading experience or make the document accessible for people with visual disabilities or dyslexia.

When opening a PDF file, pdfGoHTML immediately indicates whether or not the file is tagged and allows a one-button conversion into HTML in the default browser. Users can easily switch how the HTML is displayed to adjust it to their specific needs: browser default, structure tags, easy reader, inverted, low vision, and dyslexia.

For those who need to evaluate the tagging quality of a PDF file, the ‘structure tags’ view in the exported HTML provides a very quick, intuitive quality analysis tool that shows where the tagging structure of a tagged PDF needs improvement. callas pdfGoHTML will substantially speed up the creation and evaluation of tagged PDFs, and ensures a much higher degree of usability of tagged PDF files.

Pricing

pdfGoHTML is free of charge!

System requirements

• Acrobat Pro 9, 10 , 11 or DC
• Mac: MacOS X (Intel), version 10.7 or newer, 64-bit-compliant
• Windows:
  • Windows 7 or newer
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 or newer

• As a plug-in integrated right into Adobe Acrobat
• Immediate identification of tagged PDF documents
• Quick, one-button conversion into HTML
• Structure tags mode highlights the structure of the document to allow for visual verification about tagging structure and other requirements, e.g. whether all images and other content have been properly tagged
• Easy reader mode to make reading content from the PDF document easier (smaller column, soothing background and foreground colors)
• Inverted, low vision and low vision inverted modes to make reading content easier for people with visual disabilities
• Dyslexia mode uses a designed font that is designed for making it easier for people suffering from dyslexia to read
• “hide images” and “hide Alt text” options available in all HTML viewing modes to temporarily remove distracting content while reading

Benefits

Quicker evaluation of tagged PDF documents

• Immediate identification of tagged PDF documents
• Conversion from PDF to HTML to show the quality of the tagging structure
• Different HTML reading modes to investigate whether the document’s tagging is correct
• HTML structure preview mode to diagnose problems with tagging structure of the PDF file

Easier reading of tagged PDF documents

• Different HTML reading modes for easier reading for people with challenges (low vision mode, inverted mode, dyslexia mode…)

pdfGoHTML substantially speeds up the creation and evaluation of tagged PDFs, and ensures a much higher degree of usability of tagged PDF files. One simple click on the plug-in button converts the tagged PDF into HTML making it easy to examine the tagging structure, have a more flexible reading experience or make the document accessible for people with visual disabilities or dyslexia.

Downloads

• Tagged flyer 1
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Version history

Showing the 5 most recent of 7 releases.

1.1.014

Fixes

• Problem solved, where certain PDFs resulted in an unstable behavior [FP34792; FP35150]

2.0.025

Features

• Complete revision of the display of tagging structures
• Improved stability especially with unusual or very complex tag structures

Fixes

• General issues
  • Improved handling of footnotes [FP47196]
  • Fixed issue, where umlauts were not properly displayed [FP38921]
  • Improved display of form fields [FP38921]
• Installer and language issues
  • Problem solved, where installer was detected as not certified (Windows only) [FP49119]
  • Fixed issue, where installtion was not successful with Acrobat Pro 2017 [FP46360]
  • Improved detection if an Acrobat DC or Pro version is installed on the respective system [FP49119]
  • Fixed several string issues in Swedish [FP23662]

2.1.028

Features

• Support for Acrobat DC x64 on Windows [FP67574]
• Reviewed and improved table highlighting (e.g. extended for tables using the "Scope" attribute) [CA1030459]

Fixes

• Problem solved, where RoleMap entries with long names (as well as special characters) were not properly handled [CA1027698; FP64216]
• Issue fixed, where a caption for tables was not displayed at the correct position in some cases [FP51072]
• Problem solved, where Acrobat became unstable after pdfGoHTML was installed in rare cases (MacOS only) [FP62057]

2.2.030

Features

• Support for Acrobat DC on MacOS Arm/M1 [FP68805; FP70551; FP70651; FP71236]
• Reviewed and improved table caption highlighting

Fixes

• Problem solved, where the Plug-in was not installed into a Acrobat Pro 2020 installation [FP71295]
• Issue fixed, where running the Plug-in in "sandbox" mode on Windows resulted in an inappropriate behavior
• Problem solved, where an unnecessary "http://" prefix was added in front of a link in some cases [CA1031378; FP61482; FP68397]

2.2.032

Fixes

• Problem solved, where uninstalling was not sucecssful (Windows only) [FP81225]
• Issue fixed, where HTML contained certain, non-w3c-conformant HTML structures
• Issue fixed, where certain, associated table cells were not properly highlighted [CA1034207; FP69030]
• Problem solved, where special characters used for annotations where not displayed correctly [FP82103]
• Issue fixed, where an invalid CMap font encoding prevented the creation of the HTML preview [FP57812; FP60166; FP60560; FP73761; FP75669]
• Issue fixed, where links spanning multiple lines were incorrectly merged, resulting in an invalid link [FP68661; FP80672]