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Re: PDF Validator Failures?

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From: chagnon
Date: Aug 17, 2018 10:20PM

PDF/UA-1 Sec. 7.18.5 states:
"Links shall contain an alternate description via their contents key as
described in ISO 32000-1:2008."

I think this spec is ill-defined as we're all finding that a global "all
links must have alt-text" just doesn't meet users' needs well. I hope it can
be fine-tuned in PDF/UA-2.

We use our judgment when checking links for alt-text. As long as the link
itself provides enough descriptive information, Alt-text really isn't needed
and in most cases adds unnecessary verbiage to the stream that's hitting a
screen reader user's ears.

-Bevi
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