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InDesign Accessibility Checker feature

I use Indesign to create ADA compliant documents. I constantly have to go between InDesign and Acrobat. It would be more productive if the accessibility features in Acrobat were included in InDesign. It would also be nice to have a built in color checker included in Indesign.

Is there a plug in available??

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  • David B commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is a very broad request. I think we need to determine what the feature would actually check for. For example, I want the "color blindness" preview, such as the one in Illustrator.

    Also, we should have an easy way to check to see if all images have alt tags.

    Bevi's list in the comments below is very good, too.

  • roberto commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    an inflight check for accessibility would be great. A simple text v background contrast checker would be really useful too.

  • Mally commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Switching between ID and Acrobat to check accessibility is a time waster. Please add this feature.

  • Mally commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This little gem of a fix would relieve me of a lot of frustration.

  • Jewel Hampton commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Adobe is the originator of the PDF and PDF reader. You really should be leading the charge for accessible PDF documents!!

  • Mark Wahlsten commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Adding my voice to this.

    Accessibility should be a priority. Microsoft Word has had an accessibility checker since 2010.

    I have come across a plugin out there, but it required a subscription worth hundreds of dollars a year.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This would be great. Something similar to Stark for XD to run in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.

  • Guusguus commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    InDesign should have a full set of tools for making accessible PDF. It's demanded by law in my country, and it's just common decency. Especially companies like Adobe should do their utmost to make things accessible.

  • Jewel Hampton commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I would absolutely use this feature and so would all the designers on my campus. Universities are scrutinized for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all PDF documents posted to websites are required to be ADA compliant.

  • Bevi Chagnon commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We need a Preflight definition for InDesign that checks for accessibility issues, such as:
    1) Unicode (OpenType) fonts
    2) Alt-text on graphics
    3) Tags defined in the paragraph styles
    4) Correct formatting of lists and tables
    5) Color contrast
    6) Metadata / File Info
    7) Sequential hierarchical headings
    And more!

  • Bevi Chagnon commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Lukas, I would love to work with you on this. Contact me off list.
    —Bevi Chagnon | PubCom (accessibility experts)

  • DC commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It would be wonderful to have a Preflight pre-set that I could turn on, which would check for errors before exporting to a tagged PDF for screen readers. I do this *ALL THE TIME* and would love to be able to do more of the work in InDesign, versus hoping for the best then cleaning up in Acrobat.

  • Lukas Engqvist commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This was hard to decide the category but preflight is under Print/Packaging even id accessibility often is for digital formats. The Preflight ought not to be limited to just the print workflow and VIGC had a great script that would guide us into making all the right processes for transparency flattening etc if print or digital was the output. Sorry about preramble.

    I do not feel I have the full knowledge to make documents compliant with Accessibility guidelines as I have my background in print. I would need help and I think that the Preflight pannel is is perfect tool to give me a heads up when I am not following guidelines.

    It could help me to know when there is an alt text missing (to have the option to mark as an artefact if it is purely decorative)

    It could help me know if I have untagged text styles.

    There are probably more checks that could be included but then I would need to know more about accessibility and PDF/UA

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