Diagram and Alt Text

[ESFLaura]

I created a rather complex diagram in InDesign but I need it to have alt text. My understanding is that I need it to be a single image to allow for one alt text (please share if you have a different solution). When I copy/paste the diagram to Photoshop and then place the resulting image in InDesign, it turns out far too blurry. Any suggestions?

[kglad]

[moved from Adobe Creative Cloud to InDesign]

[Peter Kahrel]

You can group all the items, then apply Alt text to that group. Does that not work for you?

[ESFLaura]

It does not work -the screen reader in Adobe DC will read the text boxes and not the alt text I provided for the grouped content. I did try tagging everything in the group as an image (including the text boxes).

[Peter Kahrel]

Too bad. How about adding the Alt-text to one of the text boxes in the group -- does that work? Can you disable reading a frame's contents, e.g. by setting its Alt-text to a space?

[Steve Werner]

Alt Text can be entered in InDesign. Select the picture and choose Object > Object Export Options. From the menu list choose Custom to type it in in InDesign. Or the XML fields can be entered in Adobe Bridge and reused for different projects:

[ESFLaura]

I'm familiar with both grouping and adding alt text in InDesign. Unfortunately, when I export to pdf, it insists on reading the text boxes within the grouped diagram rather than the alt text I've provided.