[Athen] Powerpoint, screenreaders and text boxes

[Howard Kramer]

Seems to also work with JAWS.

-Howard

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 3:17 PM Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:


> Thanks Susan! Good to know.

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> -Howard

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> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 3:17 PM Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>

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>> Well, that’s interesting!  NVDA is always making advancements, unlike

>> Jaws, and they may have solved this puzzle.

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>> However, if a screenreader user is using Jaws, then there will still be a

>> problem as Jaws won’t read (or even see) those text boxes.

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>> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

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>> *Subject:* [Athen] Powerpoint, screenreaders and text boxes

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>> I've been playing around with PowerPoint (2013 for Windows) and NVDA.

>> It's always been emphasized not to use text boxes and instead to use the

>> slide layouts but I notice that NVDA reads the text boxes without

>> problem although you may need to rearrange the order in the selection pane.

>> I can see that the text boxes are missing from the outline view but I can't

>> see to get NVDA to read that pane in any case.

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>> Does the admonition against text boxes still apply?

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>> Howard

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Howard

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