Adobe

Get help faster and easier

New user?

Last updated on Sep 10, 2024

Learn about the accessibility support for PDF documents and forms in Adobe cloud storage.

What is accessibility?

Accessibility involves designing products usable by people with visual, auditory, motor, and other disabilities. Key accessibility features include:

  • Screen reader support
  • Text alternatives for graphics
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • High-contrast color schemes

These features ensure everyone can effectively use the product.

Features to support reading PDFs

Adobe cloud storage supports people with disabilities in reading PDF files easily.

Feature

Description

Accessible scrolling

Use the automatic scrolling and opening PDFs to the last page read for simpler and more accessible navigation.

Keyboard navigation and alternatives to mouse action

Navigate the top menu bar and dialog boxes and perform all the mouse actions using your keyboard.

Screen readers and screen magnifiers

Read your PDF with the support for assistive technologies. With a screen reader, read all the text on the computer screen. Screen readers also read non-textual information, such as button labels or image descriptions in the application, provided in accessibility tags or attributes. 

Text-to-speech conversion

Convert the text in your document to speech and read out loud the document.

High contrast and alternative colors

Change the contrast and foreground and background colors as per your need and convenience.

Features to support creating PDFs

Adobe cloud storage supports the creation of accessible PDFs with the following features:

Feature

Description

Creating tagged PDFs

Optimize output for assistive technology software and devices by creating tagged PDFs.

Adding text to scanned pages

Improve accessibility by using the ability to add text to scanned pages.

Tip:

Consider editing the reading order or document structure tags in Acrobat to ensure that your PDF documents and forms are accessible.

More like this

 Adobe

Get help faster and easier

New user?