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Re: PowerPoint Accessibility Question?

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From: Mike Moore
Date: Jun 5, 2012 10:40AM

For conversion of PowerPoint to HTML I recommend looking into LecShare. www.lecshare.com. The software is easy to use and inexpensive, $20 US or free depending on the features that you need.

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Mike

On Jun 1, 2012, at 5:43 PM, "Ryan E. Benson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I agree with Jared. At work we allow PPT files that are accessible to
> be posted internally because we know all computers have Office.
> However for external files, the PPT must have a HTML/PDF version along
> side of them. A plain text or a Word version is not suitable for an
> alternate version in our view.
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> By my understanding, your summary of PPT accessibility is spot on.
>> Because WebAIM (and prefereably this list content) is focused on *web*
>> accessibility, for presentation content online, we first recommend to
>> use about anything other than PowerPoint, but when PowerPoint must be
>> used, typically exporting it to PDF and fixing accessibility issues in
>> the PDF provides a much more accessible experience.
>>
>> Jared
>> >> >> > > >