[Athen] [EXT] Tables accessibility

[Khaleel Eksheir]

Hi Bevi,

Thank you so much for the feedback. I highly appreciate it.

Thank you,
Khaleell


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On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 10:17 AM <chagnon at pubcom.com> wrote:


> At this time, there isn’t a standard for accessible office documents

> (Word, GoogleDocs, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.).

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> We have WCAG for HTML/web content, PDF/UA for PDF files, and EPUB for EPUB

> documents. But nothing designed specifically for office documents.

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> So what you find on the web are recommendations, and maybe an entity’s

> requirements (such as from a university or government agency). Generally

> the recommendations are based on WCAG and PDF/UA.

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> But there is no thorough, vetted, and official set of standards for office

> documents, such as an ISO standard.

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> So in a way, we’re all just making this up as we go along. <grin>

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> Our guidelines to clients and students regarding Alt-text on tables:

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>    - Make a better, more simple table so that it doesn’t need to be

>    explained with Alt-text (or summary or caption or something else).

>    - If it would be helpful to those with vision deficiencies to have

>    this type of information, then make it available to all users, not just

>    those using screen readers. Alt-text is often hidden from most users, and

>    is voiced only by screen readers, so this is not the best way to convey the

>    information to everyone.

>    - Live narrative text is always a better way to provide this info to

>    all users. Tag it Caption or Summary and place it before the table itself

>    to ensure the widest audience can access it. Long ago when I was in

>    academia publishing, this information was a phrase, sentence, or short

>    paragraph that precedes the table, called Prefatory Information. It still

>    is one of the most effective and efficient ways to communicate to all

>    users. And it doesn’t require any addition tools or coding to be useful and

>    accessible.

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> Just my 2 cents’ worth.

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> —Bevi

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

> Behalf Of *Khaleel Eksheir

> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 9, 2020 9:39 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

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> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] [EXT] Tables accessibility

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> Hi Glen and Robert,

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>

> Yes, Robert's answer is what I was looking for. The Alt Text option was

> available in MS Office for tables and I always recommended to use it. But

> now that its removed, and not an accessibility standard, I learned

> something new and I will not include it in my recommendations.

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> Thank you so much for the clarification and the information.

>

> Khaleel

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