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Re: InDesign and adding Alt Text

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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Sep 14, 2017 5:51PM

Alt text and actual text have different roles in PDF. This is true for PDF from InDesign as well.

Alt text is for images , pictures, charts and photos .

Actual text is for images of text such as an image of a paragraph, pieces of scanned text inserted into an InDesign document, text created in photoshop then inserted into an InDesign document and so forth. I've seen examples of all of these.

So, add one or the other but not both.

Cheers Karen

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> On Sep 14, 2017, at 7:15 PM, Sean Keegan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> I am working with an editor who is creating a document for staff on
> accessible InDesign files with the final output of tagged PDF. One of the
> topics is adding alternate text to images in InDesign.
>
> I know you can add your alternate text via the Object Export Options dialog
> in InDesign and then set the Alt Text Source to Custom (or XMP: Description
> if using Adobe Bridge). This is the recommended process at Adobe's site as
> well as other websites (e.g., Lynda.com).
>
> I have found a few separate resources that state the author must also set
> the Actual Text Source to Custom in the Tagged PDF tab. Here's an example
> at Penn State: http://accessibility.psu.edu/pdf/indesign/#ImageAlt
>
> I had only used the initial step of setting the Alt Text Source value for
> an image and not using the Actual Text Source, unless it pertained to a
> dropped capital or something similar.
>
> Is setting both the Alt Text Source and Actual Text Source to a value
> required to add alternate text for an image in InDesign?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sean
> > > >