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Re: PowerPoints and Text to Speech

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Oct 10, 2011 4:42PM

I agree with Tim, they are much simpler applications than screen
readers. They rely on the fact that the end user can probably see the
text and tell the order. Office 2010 has an accessibility check, and
one of the rules is reading order. To check the order, click home >
drawing group > arrange > selection pane. Note: this pane actually
works backwards than you may think! The list is read from bottom to
top.

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Ryan E. Benson



On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Tim Harshbarger
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> I have seen some other applications that are supposed to convert text to speech for the purpose of adapting the information for someone with a reading -related disability.  However, they don't seem to have the same complexity of a screen reader when it comes to picking up information from an application.  Of course, I think most of those type of applications start with the assumption that they do not need to have such semantically rich speech output so they rely on simpler mechanisms to acquire the text--mechanisms that do not always work in every situation.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of LSnider
> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 7:52 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] PowerPoints and Text to Speech
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Recently I learned a lot about powerpoints and how to make them accessible
> for those who use screen readers (thanks to everyone here who provided a ton
> of resources). I wondered if any of you had specific tips for those that use
> text to speech software? I thought that by making a powerpoint accessible to
> someone who uses the screen reader that this would cover other text to
> speech converters. Would this not work the same as a screen reader or am I
> wrong here?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lisa
>