Accessible watermarks?

Question

I am adding a watermark (name and address at the top of the page) to a PDF that needs to be Section 508 compliant.
How can I make the textual content of the watermark available to screen readers? Is there a way to add alt text as you would to a figure?
thanks!
Jen

Answer 1

Something to try.
With the PDF open in Acrobat Pro; open the Tags panel.
On the Options drop-down menu, select "Find".
In the Find Element dialog, select "Unmarked Content" for the value of "Find".
Select "Search Page" & click "Find Next" until the Watermark is highlighted.
In the Find Element dialog the value for "Type" shows "XObject: Form".
Click the Tag Element button.
A Container icon for watermark ought to now show in the Tag panel.
Use the Options menu to add a new tag (Form).
Position this new tag as appropriate in the structure tree.
Position the container as a child to this new tag.
With the new tag selected, open the Options menu and select Properties.
In the element's TouchUp Properties dialog, select the Tag tab.
Enter desired text into the Alternate Text field.
Tab out of the field (to make the entry "sticky").
Click Close. Save.
While you won't "see" a "tool tip" window of the alternate text you can confirm it is present by a Save As to accessible *.txt.
So, it will be processed by a screen reader.
Be well.