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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Jul 14, 2014 10:44AM

Here are a couple of tools that work well for creating HTML slides.
http://www.w3.org/Talks/slidemaker/YYMMsub/
http://www.w3.org/Talks/Tools/
These are easy to learn and implement but do not convert PPT to HTML
is that's the intent.
I have used Slidemaker in the past.

Thanks,
Sailesh


On 7/14/14, John E Brandt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I think Olaf has covered at least part of my question to the original
> author
> of this question. My question is:
>
> Why bother sharing a PowerPoint presentation in any format other than as
> the
> original PPT file?
>
> IMHO...<rant>
>
> The only purpose in sharing a PowerPoint - in any format - would be to give
> it to someone who was preparing to present on the same topic and by doing
> so, would save them the time in making their own slides.
>
> If the purpose is to share information about or from one's oral
> presentation, a set of PowerPoint slides should be the least helpful - IF
> the PowerPoint is created in a "proper" way.
>
> In reality, many/most people simply create a set of notes - or worse, an
> entire speech - and convert that into a PowerPoint with perhaps some
> bullets
> and images. Then they drive the participants crazy by simply reading the
> slides to the audience. Yuck.
>
> A well-constructed set of presentation slides should only seek to
> illustrate
> and amplify the presenters words - not replace them; providing a visual
> representation that attenuates the spoken word. Think Steve Jobs - single
> words, pithy phrases, lots of images.
>
> So if you need it to communicate the content of an oral presentation - just
> create a set of speakers notes, along with your charts and graphs, images
> and graphics, and make it into a nice accessible digital document and share
> that with the participants. If done well, you can even share this with the
> participants before the event so they can read ahead saving everyone some
> time. You can also share resources and links in this format, so you
> audience
> will listen to you and not be busily trying to write down notes of what you
> are sharing.
>
> </rant>
>
> Granted, people use PowerPoint for all kinds of reasons, not just oral
> presentations. But depending on those reasons, there may be many ways to
> present this content as a fully accessible digital document.
>
> ~j
>
> John E. Brandt
> jebswebs: accessible and universal web design,
> development and consultation
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 207-622-7937
> Augusta, Maine, USA
>
> @jebswebs
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Olaf Drümmer
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 6:34 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Question: How to convert a PowerPoint into an
> accessible page?
>
> Hi,
> On 12 Jul 2014, at 23:58, "Robert Jaquiss" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> I have a PowerPoint that I want to convert to an accessible web page.
>
> I was wondering about this question for a while, and was somehow surprised
> that not a single useful idea came to mind… Then it dawned on me that
> **one** web page is conceptually the wrong approach for representing a
> PowerPoint presentation. It is its very nature that it consists of a deck
> of
> slides. Individual slides that is. So the closest one could get to
> replicate
> a slide deck on the web would be to use a stack or sequence of slide-loike
> entities. Using plain HTML this would probably mean to use one web page per
> slide, and link them in a suitable fashion, using "next slide" links and
> maybe also "previous slide" links. Using CSS, JavaScript, and/or maybe SVG
> would allow for more dynamic options inside what could technically still be
> considered a single web page, though accessibility could eveneasily suffer
> in such an approach.
>
> But leaving all this reasoning behind I am still puzzled why I have never
> heard of an accessible representation for a slide presentation in the form
> of HTML content…? Does it exist? Or are HTML / web pages just not a good
> fit
> for [accessible] slide presentations? How is everybody else sharing their
> slide presentations in an accessible manner?
>
> Olaf
>
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