Adobe Acrobat Reader: Accessibility Document Language

Overview

Setting the document language in Adobe Acrobat Pro is essential for screen readers to pronounce content correctly.

Considerations

• Multi-language Support: For documents with multiple languages, you can set the language for specific tags in the tag tree by opening the tag properties and selecting the language.
• OCR Language: When converting scanned documents to text, select the appropriate language in the "Recognize Text" settings to ensure accurate accessibility

Document Language Video Demonstration

Setting Document Language with Accessibility Checker

1. In the Tools tab, select Prepare for Accessibility
2. Select Check for Accessibility
3. Expand the Document Section, check if Primary Language is Failed
   
   
4. Right-click on Primary Language - Failed, select Fix
   
   
5. Choose the document language, select OK
   
   

Setting Document Language with Document Properties

1. Select Menu
2. Select Document Properties
   
   
   
   
3. Navigate to the Advanced pane
   
   
   
   
4. Set Language to the language of the document
   
   
   
   
5. Select OK