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From: Jim Homme
Date: Aug 31, 2017 12:12PM

Hi,
One reason for asking is that as far as I can tell, screen reader users can't run the MS Office accessibility checking tool.

Thanks.

Jim


=========Jim Homme,
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Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of L Snider
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 10:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Contrast Testing in MS Word

Hi Jim,

One that has been on my list to try out is DAT:
https://www.visionaustralia.org/dat

It has a built in checker. I use the fast insider for Word, so I wasn't sure it would work with that setting.

For colour blind checking, I screen print it and put it through a colour blind checker. Not 100% proof as the jpg could distort a tiny bit, but it gets the job done okay. Better if they worked with .tiffs.

Cheers

Lisa

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
> What is the best tool or method for doing WCAG contrast testing in MS
> Word 2016? I know "best" is not the right word choice, but I wanted to
> start looking at tools for doing this kind of thing.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
> =========> Jim Homme,
> Team Lead and Accessibility Consultant, Bender HighTest Accessibility
> Team Bender Consulting Services, Inc., 412-787-8567,
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-
> accessible-technology-solutions
> E+R=O
>
> > > > >