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Re: Creating a parallel PPT when the original is a mess??

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Jun 20, 2017 2:56PM

The video would need to be audio described as well.

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Ryan E. Benson

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Preast, Vanessa < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> What if one were to use screen capture while delivering the presentation
> using the PPT. After capturing the video, add captions and then make the
> video of the presentation available on an accessible player?
>
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>
> The answer is no not really, unless there is literally no other option.
> The times when I get this argument is either the author doesn't
> know/understand what needs to happen, or just doesn't want to make the
> effort.
>
> I have been working at the federal level for 7 years, I can count the
> number of videos I have seen in a PPT on one hand. For the videos, if
> they're being embedded from say YouTube, you might want to put a link to
> the video versus the embed. This gives the accessibility of YouTube, vs
> the player is non-compliant in PPT - if I recall correctly.
>
> The only way I can think a PPT having thousands of layers, would be if
> each slide had it's own look, or if the PPT was made in Office 2003 or
> something. I would apply one of the stock themes. My hunch is, that may
> solve a decent amount of issues. After that, look through for images and
> such that can be grouped together.
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Andrea Miralia <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> >
> > Can someone here remind me if it is 508-compliant to create a new,
> > plain, PPT to accompany an original PPT that is too complex and
> > problematic to make compliant?
> >
> > I've gotten the go-ahead to do this instead of trying to
> > backwards-repair a crazy PPT with audio, MPGS, and thousands of layers.
> >
> >
> > Andréa Miralia
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