pcworth Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) How do I add Alt Text to images in Publisher so that they are screen reader compliant? We are now required to make sure that all online documents in higher education pass a set of screen reader compliance tests, which includes all images having an alt-text. Thanks. Paul Edited June 20, 2019 by pcworth Added question mark to question. frindley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted June 24, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 24, 2019 Hi pcworth, Welcome to the forums The alt tags are added in the html code of the page not within the images AFAIK. Affinity Publisher is a design/DTP application. It doesn't output any code for web so there's no way to add them inside the app, my apologies. Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcworth Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) Web is not the kind of Alt tag I need, although they are essentially the same. I need the at tags in PDF output for a screenreader because we are now required to make all PDF documents, including page layout documents, screenreader accessible. Microsoft Publisher has a nice tool, but was hoping to find an alternative to MS Publisher on Parallels, which supports image alt-tags, but if Affinity does not then I guess I am going back. Or I will need to buy something like Acrobat to add them in post processing. Edited June 24, 2019 by pcworth siafok and frindley 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted June 24, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 24, 2019 I understand, thanks for that. Unfortunately you're correct in saying this isn't a feature of Affinity Publisher, although we do hope to improve our PDF compatibility options in the future. In the meantime you can of course export your PDF from Publisher, then use an external program such as Acrobat to add these tags, as you've mentioned Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieP Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Adding another voice of support for this being a feature in Affinity Publisher. Accessibility features are critical to PDFs for many companies (as a designer, I am watching this become more and more of a requirement for my clients). Alt text for images is one of the most basic ways to support these principles. frindley, Rachel.CCLS, Unknown_User and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTG Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 I know I'm 2 years late, but still no accessibility features in Affinity Publisher. What are you waiting for, Affinity?? siafok 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.