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1. ForceB+E6[view] [source] 2025-12-06 15:51:33
>>el3ctr+(OP)
Is this new or somehow updated? HTML versions of papers have been available for several years now.

EDIT: indeed, it was introduced in 2023: https://blog.arxiv.org/2023/12/21/accessibility-update-arxiv...

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2. Tagber+U6[view] [source] 2025-12-06 15:53:54
>>ForceB+E6
From the paper...

Why "experimental" HTML?

Did you know that 90% of submissions to arXiv are in TeX format, mostly LaTeX? That poses a unique accessibility challenge: to accurately convert from TeX—a very extensible language used in myriad unique ways by authors—to HTML, a language that is much more accessible to screen readers and text-to-speech software, screen magnifiers, and mobile devices. In addition to the technical challenges, the conversion must be both rapid and automated in order to maintain arXiv’s core service of free and fast dissemination.

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3. daemon+3w[view] [source] 2025-12-06 19:13:10
>>Tagber+U6
There are pretty often problems with figure size and with sections being too narrow or wide (for comfortable reading). The PDF versions are more consistently well-laid-out.
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