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Re: JAWS reading "slash" instead of alt text

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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Feb 4, 2012 4:54AM

I only work with Office 2010 and DOCX documents. I also only use the description field but created a document to test with JAWS 13 for Karen's slash issue. I know this is a known bug in previous versions of JAWS and Word.

I looked at some of my books, ones I wrote using Word 2010 and, where JAWS 13 had previously been reading the description, it now isn't. So, the bug of reading slash when encountering images with or without alt text seems to be back.

I also find that this bug is not consistent. Sometimes the alt text is read if you do a SayAll, but this too is hit and miss and not reliable.

Cheers, Karen

Out of Office, Sent from my iPad

On 2012-02-03, at 10:51 PM, Jeevan Reddy < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Karen,
> probably you might added title and opened the document in previous
> versions of office.
> Description is backword compatible awhich matches with alt text when
> you opened the same document in earlier versons of office.
> if you add a Title in Office 2010 and open the document in an earlier
> version, the Title is lost. Similarly, current third-party tools that
> export or convert Office documents (such as the Save as DAISY Add-In
> for Microsoft Word and LecShare, which converts PowerPoint to
> accessible HTML) utilize only the Description field, not the Title
> field.
> Therefore, my recommendation is:
> Add alt text to the Description field. Leave the Title field blank.
>
>
> On 2/3/12, Karlen Communications < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> JAWS 13 was reading both attributes which meant that the known bug of
>> reading "slash" was fixed but I just checked in a document with a lot of
>> pictures and JAWS wasn't reading either, it was reverting to the bug of
>> reading "slash."
>>
>> So the bug is back in JAWS 13.
>>
>> Cheers, Karen
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Priti
>> Sent: February-03-12 4:24 AM
>> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS reading "slash" instead of alt text
>>
>> Hi Karen,
>>
>> Are you using JAWS 12? If yes, it will read the image as "/" instead of the
>> image alt when read using the Down Arrow key. It seems to be a bug as JAWS
>> 12 reads the image alt correctly when accessed using the quick nav key "G"
>> or by pressing "Ctrl + Up/Down" to navigate between paragraphs.
>> Would be interesting to know how JAWS 13 reads image alts in Word 2010
>> documents. Have not tried, would love to hear from any one else has tried
>> the same on the list.
>>
>> Ryan this happens even if the alt is specified in the description field.
>>
>> Hope this helps...
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Priti Rohra
>> Accessibility Consultant
>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pritirohra
>> Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/priti-rohra/10/8a6/788
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ryan E. Benson
>> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:48 AM
>> To: WebAIM Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS reading "slash" instead of alt text
>>
>> Karen - is your alt in the title field or description field? It needs to be
>> in description.
>>
>> --
>> Ryan E. Benson
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Karen Sorensen < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> wrote:
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>> Can anyone tell me why a MS Word document 2010 is suddenly reading "slash"
>>> for all of my image alt attributes? I can't figure it out. Could be a
>>> JAWS setting that I messed with. Anyone have any ideas?
>>> Thank you.
>>> Karen
>>>
>>> --
>>> Karen M. Sorensen
>>> Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland
>>> Community College
>>> 971-722-4720
>>>