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Articles panel definitely does work. You are turning on Tagged PDF in the export pdf dialog box, right? Note that there is also a difference between

More info here: https://www.theindesigner.com/blog/faster-easier-accessible-pdfs-from-indesign-cs55

However, this paragraph really caught my eye in Bevi Chagnon's article on accessibility in InDesign Magazine (issue 46, feb/march):

“I know that Adobe insists that you only need to use the Articles panel, but some assistive technologies depend on the Articles panel to create the reading order for their users (which controls the order of the tags in the PDF); some other ATs depend upon the Layers panel (which controls the object order). So, for maximum accessibility, you should manage both… Drag and drop the items to set the reading order. This panel creates a bottom-up reading order, the exact opposite of the Articles panel. That is, the bottom-most text frame or graphic will be read first.”