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Re: blind people and web accessibility presentations, does anyone here have a favorred strategy?

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From: Tony Olivero
Date: Mar 22, 2012 7:12AM

Birkir,

I typically use a couple of different techniques. For static informational
slides, I will often have a sighted colleague, or a hired reader, assist in
composing the slides and ensuring graphics and other elements are placed
correctly (it is possible to insert text and graphics using a screen reader,
but I find it often helps to have someone look over the deck). If I actually
want to demonstrate screen access software performance I have done a
combination of live and canned presentations, depending on the situation.

One possibility for showing focus is to run MAGic in parallel with JAWS
(even in demo mode, assuming your demo won't run over 40 minutes). A visual
focus rectangle is provided around the focused element, keyboard, tab, etc.

While I agree that it can be confusing if a demonstrater is having issue
with a demo not performing as expected, it can also be one of the most
effective ways of showing how SA software behaves.

For canning a video demo, things get a little more complicated, especially
if you want to maintain that focus rectangle. I've got a couple suggestions.
Feel free to contact me of-list if that's something you want to know more
about.

When presenting the PowerPoint deck, I usually use Braille display, or an
earpiece with JAWS running, to make sure the slide I want to be on screen is
in fact the one being displayed.

I hope this helps. Please don't hesitate to let me know if I can give you
any other suggestions.

Tony