Acrobat Pro Accessibility Checker - WCAG 2.1 Update

[kaitlinb24353797]

Does Acrobat Pro DC have the latest accessibility checker update of WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.1? The WCAG 2.1 update was released in June of 2018, but it's unclear to me if the latest Acrobat Pro products have that update included or not. Does anyone know if that will be included in an Adobe update or will it need to be downloaded separately to have the latest version WCAG 2.1 for the accessibility checker?

[maxwithdax · Accepted solution]

I know this is a really old thread but for anyone stumbling upon it, Adobe Acrobat does not validate a document meets any level of WCAG. It only evaluates the document based on a series of "pass/fail" criteria. Your document can pass Acrobat and still be 100% not WCAG compliant. 1.3.1 Info and Relationships say that the item on the page must be tagged appropriately. If there is a heading on the page it should be tagged as a heading. Acrobat only checks to see if a tag exists and does it meet technical requirements. It cannot know if your text is a heading or not. It cannot determine meaningful alt-text or many other key elements of accessibility. WCAG and Accessibility Compliance is always a combination of automated checks and MANUAL review.