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Re: Non-existent Alt-text voiced in PDF

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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Mar 5, 2023 6:00PM

Oh, one more thing. You might try checking the "Sreen Reader Preview"
output generated by PAC (PDF Accessibility Checker), and see if the text
you hear in JAWS and NVDA also appears as text in there. If it does,
then the text definitely exists somewhere in a tag that you can edit in
the tag tree.

Phil.

On 2023-03-05 19:56, Philip Kiff wrote:
> 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
>> >> >> >> > > > >