InDesign 21.3 (Beta) - Introducing Generate Text!

You should really fix the rendering issues that make the preview unusable.

Sigh…more bloat AI nobody asked for nor will use… terrible.

What am I missing? When I click on “Click here to get started!” Creative Cloud Desktop opens, but I see no option to install the InDesign 21.3 beta.

I have the changed the language to English, I set the Preference to Create AI Alt text when placing, I am logged in to my account (with many AI credits) but  no Alt text is generated, No blue icon is shown (not even the preference for it) and when I go to Object Export options, under Custom the button to generate AI Alt text is greyed out.
Why is this funcyion disabled? (No enterprise or whatever, just 'normal' version 21.3 US English)

Unfortunately, I am given completed files to lay out in InDesign, and have no authorization to change the content so this a feature I won’t be able to take advantage of.

     Personally, I would much prefer to see resources devoted towards taking care of issues that are already in play – bug fixes, variables that can’t break across columns, cells that can’t break across pages, page number labels that update in the Pages panel when you hide spreads, etc.

     These would be much more useful to me personally in my day-to-day life in InDesign. 

It’s a shame that Adobe is pouring all its resources into developing questionable AI. Most users have little to do with editorial content. They need a powerful tool to meet document layout requirements, perform automations, and much more. They aren’t interested in how to better describe a frog from Costa Rica.

It’s 2026, and InDesign still isn’t capable of processing JSON or XML higher than version 1.0.

This is potentially an “OK” idea that has its useful moment.

The weakness of the idea is the disassociation of the human being from the message and purpose of the published content. I already notice many people are making things with AI, sending it to others, yet they have little idea what they sent forth, since they didn’t make it.

Way better, tho, would be allowing AI/ML to go through my InDesign pages and perfect the typesetting, spelling, grammar, and physical layout work (and yet asking for permission). Those are the time-consuming things and are core purposes within InDesign.

I’m totally against this feature. The entire point of using InDesign is that designers are working with approved, supplied copy text that has already been written, edited, and signed off. Our job is to design and lay it out, not rewrite it.  Features that generate, shorten, or lengthen copy blur the line between a professional layout tool and a word processor. In many publishing, corporate, and regulated environments, altering text inside the design stage simply isn’t allowed. Copy changes need to go back to the writer or editor, not be modified by a design tool.  Turning InDesign into something that rewrites content undermines established workflows and risks introducing unapproved text into finished layouts. Designers need precision and control over layout not AI that changes the message.