Does Tikal Export Alt Text from DOCX, IDML, and PPT Files?

[Konstantinos Chatzitheodorou]

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to find out if Tikal can export Alt text from the following file formats: DOCX, IDML, and PPT. Has anyone tested this or come across documentation that clarifies this? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Let me know if you’d like me to tweak it or add more details!

Konstantinos

[Chase Tingley]

For PPTX, alt text is exposed if you check "Translate Graphical Metadata" in the PowerPoint options in the config.  However, it looks like we don't support alt text extraction for DOCX.  It seems like that might be a good gap to close.

I don't think we support it for IDML based on my memory and looking at the available options in the UI, however I don't currently have a copy of InDesign handy to verify this.

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[Chatzitheodorou Konstantinos]

Thank you, I will share with you a few demo files for your tests.

Konstantinos

[Chatzitheodorou Konstantinos]

I have tested it, but it doesn’t seem to be working.

Could you please check it using my files? I tested it on version 1.47.  

Konstantinos

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 at 15:42, Chase Tingley <tin...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Chase Tingley]

Ah, you're right -- PPTX support for this was added after 1.47 came out, it is only available in the nightly builds.

The attached config should work if you download a nightly.

I filed an issue on DOCX support here: https://gitlab.com/okapiframework/Okapi/-/issues/1400

[Chatzitheodorou Konstantinos]

Thanks a lot!

I will share IDML files with you over the next few days.

Konstantinos