Acrobat Pro Accessibility tool

[clarea13227490]

Hi,

Can anyone cleairfy a couple of things? I have the Creative Cloud All Apps subscription, which I believe gives me Acrobat Pro. When I open the programme, the 'About' info just says Adobe Acrobat, not Pro. Are they the same?

I'm trying to use the auto generate alt text that is meant to be an option under 'Accessibility' but the tool option on my mac is called 'Prepare for Accessibility' and the 'add alt text' doesn't give me the autogenerate option. Any ideas why this is?

Thanks

[AnandSri]

Hello!

I hope you are doing well, and thanks for reaching out.

If you have the Creative Cloud All Apps subscription, it indeed includes Adobe Acrobat Pro. However, the 'About' info might just display "Adobe Acrobat" without specifying "Pro." This is a common occurrence and does not necessarily mean you don't have the Pro version. The Pro version includes all the features of the Standard version plus additional advanced features. 

The “Auto-generate alt text” option in the Accessibility tool is available in Acrobat Pro, but it's currently only supported on Windows, not macos. That’s why you’re not seeing the feature on your Mac.

On Mac:

• You’ll see “Prepare for Accessibility” instead of the full Accessibility toolset.

• The “Add Alt Text” feature on Mac requires you to manually enter descriptions; auto-generation is not yet available.

• Open Your PDF Document: Begin by opening the PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Access the Accessibility Tools: Navigate to the “All Tools” tab in the top. Select “Accessibility” and then choose “Add Tags to Document.” This action enables the accessibility tools necessary for adding alt text
• Select the Image Requiring Alt Text: Scroll through your document and locate the image to which you want to add alt text. Click on the image to select it.
• Add Alt Text: With the image selected, right-click on it to reveal a context menu. From the options provided, choose “Edit Alternate Text.” A dialog box will appear, allowing you to enter descriptive alt text for the image

For more information, you can refer to these Adobe articles: https://adobe.ly/42NgAtD

https://adobe.ly/3YDFFF0

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

[try67]

Adobe keeps renaming things, annoyingly. The Pro version is now just "Acrobat". If it says "Acrobat Standard" or "Acrobat Reader" then it's not Pro. Otherwise, it should be.