On 8/11/2025 5:14 PM, John Was wrote:
Dear List
Following the helpful advice received about in-line figures, I had a
thought about adapting this for the purpose of allowing an audio reader
to read out a footnote in situ to a visually impaired reader (before
continuing with reading of the main text). The following MWE
essentially works in a rather Heath Robinson way (using \tagnote in
place of \footnote), but there are obvious glitches (for example, italic
and other font switches in a footnote ought really to be eliminated in
the audible version). The reader would also have the irritation of the
notes being read again when the audio reader gets to the foot of the
page: I am wondering if something could be done with \phantom or an
equivalent, so as to leave all the space occupied by the note (thus
preserving the pagination of the physically printed book). But there's
no sense in going further if the consensus is that I'm barking up the
wrong tree! Here is the sample:
\setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}]
\setupinteraction
[state=start]
\setupinteractionscreen
[option=bookmark]
\setupbackend[format=pdf/ua-2]% needs to come before:
\setuptagging[state=start]%otherwise lots of stuff will silently break
\setupstructure[state=start]
\setupnote
[textcommand={\offset[y=-1ex]},% raise the number
textstyle={\switchtobodyfont[10pt]}]
\setupnotation
[footnote]
[alternative=serried,% number in the paragraph
headcommand=\groupedcommand{\hskip{8pt}}{},% space before the number
distance=4pt,% space after the number
numbercommand={\offset[y=-1ex]},% raise the number
numberstyle={\switchtobodyfont[10pt]},
before={\blank[medium]}]% vertical space before the entry
\define[1]\notetag
{\footnote{#1}\llap{\let \it \relax \externalfigure[cow]
[width=0pt,height=0pt,label={Footnote: #1}]}}
\starttext
The phenomenon of colonialism extended borders well beyond traditional
dynastic realms.\notetag{Among recent works, see David Graeber and
Marshall Sahlins, {\it On Kings\/} (Chicago, 2017), and Elena Woodacre,
Lucinda H.~S. Dean, Chris Jones, et~al. (eds.), {\it The Routledge
History of Monarchy\/} (London, 2019).} Furthermore, monarchies do not
consist solely of individual rulers, but encompass an intricate network
of family members.
\stoptext
fwiw, we're experimenting with the option to make footnotes an alt and
pop up but need to test it more
we also ponder a variant where one makes two documents, one normal and
one crapped for tagging (maybe with more verbose rendering of some content)
Hans
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