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Re: Non-existent Alt-text voiced in PDF

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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Mar 5, 2023 5:56PM

Mmm....that stumps me, too.

Long shot: one thing you might check is that the alternative text /
actual text you hear in NVDA and JAWS is not being picked up from the
list item's Label tag or a bullet image nested inside the Label tag (if
either exist), or from the parent tag of the P tag inside the list item
- like the LBody tag?

Phil.

On 2023-03-05 11:44, Colleen Gratzer wrote:
> I'm hoping to get some insight on an issue I am having.
>
> I've got a page with a few different non-decorative icons. Some are
> inside P tags and some inside a list.
>
> They all have actual text applied, which was previously applied as
> Alt-text. The Alt-text was removed.
>
> I've confirmed in the tag properties in the PDF that there is no
> Alt-text.
>
> NVDA and JAWS voice only the actual text for the icons *inside P tags*
> but they read the actual text *and* previously applied Alt-text for
> the icons *inside the list. *
>
> I have renamed the files with every check in case Acrobat was caching
> the file content.
>
> I have restarted Windows. I have restarted Acrobat. I have tested this
> on 2 different computers.
>
> Again, I confirmed that there is no Alt-text set on these icons, even
> in the tag properties.
>
> I am stumped.
>
>
> Colleen Gratzer
> Creative Boost and Gratzer Graphics
> https://creative-boost.com
> https://gratzergraphics.com
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