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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Aug 20, 2009 4:40AM

Can the use of text alternatives with images in Microsoft Word (DOC
format) files be said to be accessibility supported? That is, are
enough assistive technologies able to read the alt text if it is there?

Thanks,
Mark

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