Auto-tagging fails Accessibility

Can you list all the places that I can turn OFF so that Acrobat doesn’t suddenly decide to re-do (and therefore mess up) all my tags? This is important, by the way.

If you can, please tell how to turn off auto-tagging tendencies in:

1. In the interface
2. In Edit > Preferences
3. Any background processes
4. Windows Registry edits

Having the Cloud-based tagging turned on in Preferences is worse results than if the preference is turned off. Both make tags that immediately fail the accessibility checker.

Is there an alternative remediative solution?

Hello,

Thanks for reaching out.
Create a copy of the document and try the following:

In the meantime, have you tried the Cloud-based auto-tagging feature? 

1. Create a copy of your document

2. Launch Acrobat > Menu > Preferences > Accessibility > Other Accessibility options

   1. Check “Enable Cloud-based auto-tagging” for accessibility

   2. Click Ok 

   3. Relaunch Acrobat (optional)

3. Open the document > Tools > Prepare for Accessibility 

   1. Click “Automatically tag PDF.”

   2. Once done, save the document and check. 

After you are still required to check the tags manually sometimes.

To review Auto-Generated Tags: After the auto-tagging process, manually review the generated tags in the Tags panel to ensure that each TH (table header) and TD (table data) is correctly nested within TR (table row) tags.

Correct Tag Structure: 

Ensure that each TR is a child of Table, THead, TBody, or TFoot.

Confirm that TH and TD elements are children of TR tags.

Use Accessibility Check Tools: 

Utilize the Full Check/Accessibility Check tool in Acrobat to identify specific tagging errors and accessibility issues. This tool can provide insights into why the tags may not be compliant.

Access the tool via Tools > Accessibility > Full Check.

Wait for more inputs from experts.

~Tariq