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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Can you send me one of the files to look at?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Robert Lee Beach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kansas City Kansas Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7250 State Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kansas City, KS 66112<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>913-288-7671<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>rbeach@kckcc.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Teresa Haven<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> Sharon Trerise; Access Technology Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] PowerPoint slides question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Hi, Sharon. Another person and I were just having that same conversation off-list. The thing is, this doesn't appear to be a case of textboxes being used, which is why I'm stumped...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Thanks for the input, though, it's always something to share with faculty to help them with the process.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Teresa</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Supervisor, Alternate Format Program</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Disability Resource Center</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Arizona State University </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Sharon Trerise [mailto:trerise@cayuga-cc.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> Teresa Haven<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: PowerPoint slides question</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you add text to a slide using Insert / Textbox, then the text will not show up on the outline and it will not be available to a screen reader. If you only use the boxes that appear on the template, then all the text should be accessible. … at least that is my experience with PPT 2003 version.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sharon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sharon Trerise<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Coordinator of Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cayuga Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>197 Franklin St.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Auburn, NY 13021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>315-294-8606<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Teresa Haven<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 29, 2010 11:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] PowerPoint slides question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Aloha, all. I have an odd question that I hope someone can help with. I'm regularly asked to review various professors' Blackboard sites for the accessibility of their course content. I've recently started to see Powerpoint slide shows where some slides have all the text accessible, some slides have only part of the text accessible and part not, and some slides are completely inaccessible (blank in Outline view). In almost every case, the prof will have been using the same basic template for every slide, and producing very "clean" slides -- just a title at the top and three or four bullet points of text. Some profs are using Office 2007 and a few may still be using Office 2003. Does anyone have a clue what could be causing this erratic accessibility issue, and more importantly, suggestions on how to resolve it? I'm trying very hard to coach faculty to produce accessible materials in the first place, and they're trying to comply, but this problem is growing and retrofitting by re-typing the slide content into Word docs and distributing to students is not a reasonable solution at this time. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many thanks for any ideas you might be able to share,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teresa</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Supervisor, Alternate Format Program</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Disability Resource Center</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Arizona State University </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>