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Re: Is there a way to export accessible html from a Powerpoint presentation - if so, what software is involved?

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From: Patrick Burke
Date: Jun 24, 2013 2:22PM


At 12:38 PM 6/24/2013, McMorland, Gabriel wrote:
>How would I convert the outline/rtf export to html?
I use MS Word. Probably other word processors will handle it also.

Patrick



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>a Powerpoint presentation - if so, what software is involved?
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>Hi Birkir,
>
>You have to export from Powerpoint using the "Outline/RTF" choice.
>Then it would be possible to convert that file to HTML or other formats.
>
>I have had better luck using Robobraille's file conversion service:
>http://www.robobraille.org/web3/
>
>There are still some slide layouts that cause problems, but
>Robobraille rescued more content for me than the RTF export did.
>
>Patrick


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