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Re: Alt text in Word 2016: Indicate null image & which box to type in

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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Jan 16, 2017 12:46PM

Is anyone getting the "" to work in Word, PowerPoint or Excel as null alt Text? Each time I try it, my screen reader says "graphic quote quote."

If I convert the document to tagged PDF, the Alt Text for the document is "quote quote" and I have to make it an Artifact.

Cheers, Karen

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of L Snider
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Alt text in Word 2016: Indicate null image & which box to type in

Hi Jonathan,

Does that apply to both NVDA and JAWS? I remember a while back that some people were recommending putting the same thing into the title and description, because then it caught all screen readers. Do you think Description is enough to catch almost everyone today?

Cheers

Lisa

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> > Also, at 45 seconds into this video, it indicates that we should
> > write a
> title in the title and description in the description. But, this is
> different than the instructions on the NCDAE website
>
> The description field is the one that is announced by screen readers.
>
> Jonathan
>
> Jonathan Avila
> Chief Accessibility Officer
> SSB BART Group
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> 703.637.8957 (Office)
>
>