Question about alt-text in Access-Aide - Page 3

DNSB · 05-24-2024, 06:27 PM

Ran 0.9.7 against my 4 ePubs and same results. A quick hex search showed at most one APP1 (0xFFE1) in any of the files so likely why I did not run into the issue.

oston · 05-25-2024, 08:31 PM

I just came across what seems to be a new addition to InDesign that provides exactly the same functionality to this new addition to Access-Aide. It is in Object Styles under Export Options.
Two new options have been added to the Alt-Text-Source in addition to the three XMP options that were already there: They are:
From XMP: Alt Text (Accessibility) and
From XMP: Extended Description (Accessibility).
I do not know when these options were added.

KevinH · 05-25-2024, 08:52 PM

Thanks for letting me know. I never use InDesign and so was unaware of what they do or don't do. I tried it early on but the quality of the xhtml code and css code it generated was just too poor for my taste.

oston · 05-25-2024, 09:02 PM

Yes, Kevin poor css and html. I have to use InDesign because ALL the files I am sent to convert to epub are InDesign files. But now I turn off having indesign generate css files and use my own.
Sigil is my main tool for my post export work.

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05-24-2024, 06:27 PM	#31
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 36,424 Karma: 145748708 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Ran 0.9.7 against my 4 ePubs and same results. A quick hex search showed at most one APP1 (0xFFE1) in any of the files so likely why I did not run into the issue.

05-25-2024, 08:31 PM	#32
oston Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 2138296 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: ipad, Kindle Scribe, Kobo Libra 2	I just came across what seems to be a new addition to InDesign that provides exactly the same functionality to this new addition to Access-Aide. It is in Object Styles under Export Options. Two new options have been added to the Alt-Text-Source in addition to the three XMP options that were already there: They are: From XMP: Alt Text (Accessibility) and From XMP: Extended Description (Accessibility). I do not know when these options were added.

05-25-2024, 08:52 PM	#33
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,715 Karma: 5444398 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Thanks for letting me know. I never use InDesign and so was unaware of what they do or don't do. I tried it early on but the quality of the xhtml code and css code it generated was just too poor for my taste.

05-25-2024, 09:02 PM	#34
oston Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 2138296 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: ipad, Kindle Scribe, Kobo Libra 2	Yes, Kevin poor css and html. I have to use InDesign because ALL the files I am sent to convert to epub are InDesign files. But now I turn off having indesign generate css files and use my own. Sigil is my main tool for my post export work.