How to tag a video so it is accessible, and passes PAC 2024 UA?

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I have a PDF with a video that I can not get to satisfy the Accessibility Checker within Acrobat, though it satisfies PAC 2024.

I have the video taged inside (child to) an Annotation tag, and I am unable to pass the "Hides annotation" check.

Inside the Tag panel, and inside the Content panel, Acrobat refuses to allow me to remove the alt text from the child (video) without it also removing the alt text from the parent Annotation tag - and vice versa. Some sort of forced inheritance.

Has anyone else dealt with this? Is it a known bug/error?

Many thanks in advance!

Monica355Miller · Answer

Hello!You've run into a common, frustrating issue with video accessibility in Adobe Acrobat: the "Hides annotation" error and forced alt text inheritance between the video and its parent Annotation tag. While PAC 2024 might pass your PDF, Acrobat's checker is often pickier in this area, treating the alt text on the Annotation tag as the primary description. This means you can't easily set separate alt text for the video player itself versus its content. Unfortunately, this is a known quirk. Your best bet is to try simplifying the alt text to work for both, or if the video is purely decorative and its information is elsewhere, you could consider artifacting the Annotation tag (but use caution).  liteblue usps

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