[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 135196] New: Accessibility of PDF export: "Export as > Tagged PDF" does not export alternative text for images

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135196

            Bug ID: 135196
           Summary: Accessibility of PDF export: "Export as > Tagged PDF"
                    does not export alternative text for images
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.5.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Impress
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: zainab.ali at blackboard.com

Description:
The Tagged PDF export for LibreOffice Impress does not contain alternative text
for images

Steps to Reproduce:
  - Open the attached PPT.  There is a single image on the first slide.
  - Right click the image.  Select "Description".  The image has a description
of "Alternative Formats icon"
  - Export as a Tagged PDF using File > Export as ... > Tagged PDF
  - Open Tagged PDF in a PDF explorer such as Adobe Acrobat. The image tag does
not have alternative text


Actual Results:
   The image tag does not contain an "alt" attribute


Expected Results:
   The image tag does contains an "alt" attribute of "Alternative Formats icon"



Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
This is an accessibility concern.  Users with screen readers are not able to
read image descriptions in the tagged PDF export.

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