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Re: Powerpoint 2007 charts and graphs accessibility

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From: Paul.Adam@dars.state.tx.us
Date: Jan 11, 2011 6:27PM

We teach Office 2007 accessibility and I always tell the students they have to add alt text to PowerPoint charts and graphs. JAWS will not read the underling excel data so you have to set the alt text to match what the chart visually displays.

In Excel 2007 JAWS reads the underling cell data for the chart or graph so there is no need to add alt text there.

Paul Adam
Accessibility Specialist
Center for Policy and Innovation
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-----Original Message-----
From: Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 8:35 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Powerpoint 2007 charts and graphs accessibility

Jesse

No, I don't think they are accessible.
Even if you have the same data the screen reader may not see, or
interact with, it the same way as in Excel, since they are not set up
in a column and row format with cells.
If you mean the underlying Excel spreadsheet comes with the
presentation, that might be sufficient.


On 1/10/11, Jesse Bradley < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Are Powerpoint 2007 charts and graphs inherently accessible, since
> they include the data chart/excel spreadsheet?
>