Changing Accessibility Settings With The Preferences Dialog Box - Adobe 22020772 User Manual

Note: The Accessibility Setup Assistant defaults are optimized for your assistive
technology. When you run it while using your assistive technology for
the first time, and you select Use Recommended Settings and Skip Setup,
Adobe Reader is configured with the settings that are most appropriate
for use with that assistive technology. If, however, you select Cancel at
any time while the assistant runs for the first time alongside your assistive
technology, Adobe Reader uses the Adobe Reader defaults. Because these
defaults are not as fine-tuned for a specific screen reader as those that
the Accessibility Setup Assistant selects, selecting Cancel during the first
assistant run is not recommended.
If you start the Accessibility Setup Assistant manually from the Document menu, the
assistant uses the current values from the Preferences dialog box as its defaults. These values
also may not always be optimal for your specific assistive technology. When running the
Accessibility Setup Assistant from manually, you should therefore review the values and
descriptions carefully and, if needed, change these values to meet your specific needs.

Changing accessibility settings with the Preferences dialog box

The settings found in the Accessibility Setup Assistant can also be found in the Preferences dialog box, although
some of these settings have slightly different names. In addition to the assistant's settings that are most relevant
to screen readers and magnifiers, the Preferences dialog box also has accessibility preferences that assist
people with other disabilities. When you use the assistant or the Preferences dialog box to adjust a setting, the
changes you make override any changes made previously with either assistant or the Preferences dialog box.
There are accessibility settings in the Preferences dialog that are not found in the Accessibility Setup
Assistant. Multimedia preference settings, for example control how a media player presents any subtitles,
audio dubbing, or other accessibility features that are part of any audio or video files attached to Adobe PDF
document. Of particular interest to screen reader users is a check box labeled "Show audio description (or
video description, or descriptive video) when available". When this option is selected, your multimedia player
will play any audio or video descriptions that the author may have included in the multimedia presentation.
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