You're right: technically, the invisible text is giving information to one group of people based on their abilities but not others. That said, a lot of accessibility remediation is finding solutions to unique problems, and sometimes choosing the lesser of two evils, the more inclusive of two methodologies, even if you have to violate a lesser rule to reach a greater outcome.   Have you tried setting the reading order such that the text box appears where it should? What about wrapping the text box in a heading tag--maybe H3 or H4? That would symantecally express its priority to assistive technology.   Looking at your screenshot, I feel like there should be a better way than invisible text, but you're the one editing and testing, so my perspective is limited compared to yours. If your only option is the invisible text... Well, there are worse compromises we have to make sometimes.   ... View more

Without seeing the images/forms you're talking about, I can't render an real opinion other than this: Much of writing Alt Text (or electing to artifact instead) is subjective. We have to ask ourselves: is this image actually presenting information to a sighted user that would be hidden from someone using non-visual reading means? If the answer is "yes", you must provide equivalent information (in the Alt Text, around the image, in a longer description, at a URL, etcetera). If the answer is "no," then artifact the image. You can always test by using a screenreader on your document yourself, with your eyes closed, and decide if everything makes sense to your ear and mind. Acrobat has a built-in screenreader, or you could install JAWS (paid) or NVDA (free), which are Windows-only. If you're on a Mac, use the built-in Acrobat screenreader or the Apple device's built-in VoiceOver utility. If you're really not sure whether to artifact (maybe you're too close to the subject or too deep into the document to get that objective [heh] subjective perspective), ask a co-worker or friend if the pictures of the forms help them in any way. Also--perhaps ideally--you could hyperlink the images of the forms to the correct forms, which would help sighted users with the thumbnails and anyone else by providing a direct link to the correct form they want.   ... View more

I got it working. Once I was reminded that Keyboard Maestro can not only move a mouse and click, but it can click and drag, I went with a Keyboard Maestro macro. Below is the macro that will make my usual Small setting Medium. I'll also create a toggle to go from Medium to Small UI Scaling if that's the current state, restarting InDesign between. (The second AppleScript InDesign activation is just for testing.)     ... View more

Footnotes created in InDesign should automatically be accessible upon export, but may not be read correctly if you point a screenreader directly at InDesign.   Can you please post a screenshot a footnote shown in Story Editor (Edit > Edit in Story Editor)? Can you also please post a screenshot of a footnote on the Tags panel in Acrobat after you've exported from InDesign to PDF?   Additional information to think about: Were the footnotes made correctly in Word? Word's footnotes, if made using the Insert Footnote option in Word, are also accessible and do carry through with the same tagging and accessibility into InDesign unless... While placing the Word doc into InDesign was Import to Static Text activated, as in my screenshot below? That will nix all the accessible tagging and turn your footnotes into disconnected, plain text.   ... View more

Try the solutions here https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-reader-discussions/adobe-acrobat-reader-dc-installation-problems/m-p/10079834 and here https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-hardware/error-1500-another-installation-is-in-progress-you/500c914e-d312-497f-99be-d2c583a07970     ... View more

If you only want to change the color of the existing layer there are several methods. The first I'd start with is to add a Hue & Saturation Adjustment Layer. At the bottom of the Layers panel click the black-and-white circle icon that looks like a moon cookie. Select Hue & Saturation. On the Properties panel adjust the sliders and/or activate Colorize to get the desired color.   There are other methods, of course, such as locking layer transparency and painting over it; using a layer style with a Color Overlay; painting over it with a blending mode on the brush; adding a fill layer above your artwork and blending it through half a dozen methods to color only the layer below; and, I'm sure, a few methods I'm forgetting at the moment.   ... View more

I'm not sure why your Files panel doesn't show the Name column first like mine below, but it's an easy fix.  In the Files panel find the Name column. Click and drag the Name column to the left until it's at the start of the columns. Save a Workspace and immediately quit Audition to commit the change to disk.     P.S. I agree with your overall sentiment that maybe, just maybe, Audition loses something with newer versions. Of course, on the other hand, each new "version" of Audition doesn't actually add anything useful.     ... View more