Hello!
In my job, I have been tasked with making PDF documents accessible. I am currently using the paid version of Adobe Acrobat Pro (64 bit), the CommonLook plug in to further remediate these documents, and JAWS Screen Reader to test whether these documents are actually accessible. In doing this, I found that signature blocks (created using the Prepare Form function) are very difficult to complete for somebody who cannot see. For example, once you click on a signature block, or hit enter, the pop up will appear, but the screen reader does not receive any prompt to read anything. The user can hit the tab key to go to the next section/interactive button in the pop up, but this is not obvious or intuitive. A blind user will likely assume that the action did not work.
Additionally, when a document is signed in this way, Adobe requests/requires the signed document to be saved under a different name or select that the document is allowed overwrite the previous version. This pop up does not provide any descriptive audio to the screen reader other than "No button. To activate, press spacebar. Alt plus n" or "Yes button. To activate, press spacebart. Alt plus y". The audio prompt should include the prompt text so the screen reader user knows what the yes and no buttons correspond to. For example, "Name_of_File.pdf. The file already exists. Replace existing file? Yes button selected. To activate, press spacebar. Alt plus y".
Is this a function that we can turn on in our paid versions of Adobe? Or is this something Adobe can remedy to be more accessible to screen reader users?
Thank you!
Hannah
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