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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Hi all –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35">For our campus, I’m tasked with creating instructions for various elements in Office 365. Obviously, I want to make the instructions accessible - and I haven’t dealt with
this kind of thing before.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35">My instructions include steps such as (for example) “In the upper left corner of the Office 365 window, click the icon for the App Launcher,” followed by a screenshot with
the icon circled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35">It seems like the alt text should not be a description of the screenshot, however. I suspect a screen reader user doesn’t really care what the icon
<i>looks</i> like. Since alt text is supposed to convey the same information that a sighted user would obtain from an image, it makes sense to me that the alt text should offer instructions on how to accomplish the same result using keyboard commands.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35">For example, if my text instructions say, “in the upper left corner, click the icon…” perhaps the alt text for the image should say something like, “Tab to the icon for
the App Launcher.” ???<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35">So my questions for you all are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Is it correct that, in this case, alt text should provide instructions on how to navigate to the icon instead of a description of the image?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Where can I find more instructions re. using Office 365 features via keyboard commands? I’ve searched on the Microsoft site but haven’t succeeded in finding anything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#007048">Christine Robinson</span></b><span style="color:#007048">
</span><span style="color:#222A35">| Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#007048">Georgia Gwinnett College</span></b><span style="color:#222A35"> | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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