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I am creating accessible PDFs, and testing with NVDA and Firefox, however Firefox is not reading the image Alt Text, which is important.

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julissar
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NVDA is a screen reader designed to work best with Firefox, and it does, except that Firefox is not reading image alt text, while other browsers do. I cannot find any reason for this. Please assist.

NVDA is a screen reader designed to work best with Firefox, and it does, except that Firefox is not reading image alt text, while other browsers do. I cannot find any reason for this. Please assist.

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guigs
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Which PDF viewer are you using and what is the default in your application settings?


I just learned how to do this in Adobe files neat! http://www.webteacher.ws/2013/04/01/pdf-accessibility-adding-alt-text-to...

I will ask about pdf.js EDIT: currently pdf.js does not support screen readers in alt text for images.

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