ADA Audit Reports

[brandane68554316]

Hello,

Has anyone had any issues with their ADA Audit Report not passing ADA Guideline WCAG 2.0 A F65? (Figures and images in PDF should have ALT attributes)

It seems when I run the Accessibility report through Acrobat DC, the section passes, but when ran through our internal Audit Report, it does not pass. Is there a possible Adobe update I am missing?

Thanks,

Brandan

[AnandSri]

Hello Brandan,

Sorry for the delayed response and inconvenience caused. Please check for any pending updates of Acrobat from help>check for updates, reboot the machine after installing the updates and try running the ADA audit report and let us know how it goes.

You may also refer to Adobe article WCAG 2.0 Techniques for PDF « Adobe Accessibility

I have also sent you a private message, please check your email inbox. Let us know how it goes and share your findings.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com]

Need some clarification from the original poster...

There's no such thing as an "ADA Audit Report." Can you be more specific? Do you mean the internal Accessibility Checker in Acrobat Pro?

when ran through our internal Audit Report

Does this mean your office has their own accessibility checking software? Or are you using one of the commercial versions available, such as CommonLook Validator, Axes4, or PAC-3?

Regardless of which specific checker you're using, none of them get everything right. They either can't find, test, and evaluate a specific requirement, or evaluate it differently from the other testing programs.

But they all should be able to determine if graphics have Alt-text and Acrobat's Accessibility Checker has done that very well for quite some time. However, none of the checkers can determine if the Alt-text is sufficient or correct. That part requires a human to make the evaluation.

We recommend testing PDFs for accessibility with at least 1 of those listed above, in addition to the Acrobat Accessibility Checker utility. Between the two, they should cover everything required in PDF/UA-1 (the PDF standard accessible PDFs written by PDF experts on the ISO committee). WCAG 2.0's recommendations for PDFs miss several items.

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com]

And keep all of those software programs up to date.

• The accessibility standards are being revised.
• The software programs are being improved.

Bottom line: old software won't give you valid reports.