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From: LSnider
Date: Sep 2, 2011 1:51PM

Hi Paul,

That was a very good point. I wondered why my NVDA wouldn't do anything in
the powerpoint :( I think John's suggestion of a write up is the way to go.
This way I get the information out there, and then it is more accessible (I
never say fully anymore :).

Cheers

Lisa

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:42 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> The worst issue is how PowerPoint's are read on the Mac or iPhone, the alt
> text of images gets trashed and replaced with garbled text. Well that and
> NVDA won't read a PowerPoint at all :( I love that screen reader too! Maybe
> one day? MS should donate them some money to speed up the process.
> Paul Adam
> Accessibility Specialist
> Center for Policy and Innovation
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
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