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From: Preast, Vanessa
Date: Sep 1, 2017 6:05AM

DAT adds an "accessibility" tab in Word. This tab includes a "button" that can conduct a color contrast analysis. This tool indicates that there is an issue with Word 2013 and 2016 that currently only allows analysis of 1000 characters at a time. (I don't know if this is fixed yet...I downloaded it at least 6-12 months ago) I noticed that the interface is not entirely intuitive. When I intentionally put in two color contrast problems, it identified both, but somehow I managed to skip by the first and then after that, it would never identify that first problem again. For the second problem, it did provide the color contrast and even allowed me to identify and apply a new, more contrast-friendly color. These were nice features. Apparently, it also will not necessarily check the text color against different color backgrounds. This tool seems like a great idea and I hope they further refine it. In the meantime, I've come to the conclusion that I'd end up testing some instances of color using the Colour Contrast Analyser anyway, so why bother with the "automatic" one in DAT.

Paciello Group's Colour Contrast Analyser is very well designed and allows me to check color on two items on the screen including text on websites, documents, powerpoints, software tools, etc. It works on multiple monitors, uses a nice color eyedropper tool, and clearly reports the color contrast ratio and whether it passes the AA and AAA levels. It, however, does not automatically seek out color contrast issues, so the user must first note potential areas of concern and then use the analyser to test.

Hope this helps.
Vanessa

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Hi Vanessa,

Can you share what DAT did? I am just curious. It seemed too good to be true!

I like this checker because if you choose monochromatic, it can double as grey scale checking.
http://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/

Vischeck has been around forever, but I now like Coblis better http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckImage.php

Cheers

Lisa



On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Preast, Vanessa < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I've tried out DAT with mixed success. I tend to prefer using Paciello
> Group's Colour Contrast Analyser at https://www.paciellogroup.com/
> resources/contrastanalyser/. Fortunately, most of the documents I've
> reviewed are primarily black on white with a few bits of color here
> and there, so the checking is easy.
>
> What colour blind checker do you use that checks jpg images?
>
> Vanessa
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [EXTERNAL]
>
> 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
> >
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