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From: L Snider
Date: Sep 1, 2017 4:56PM

Hi Vanessa,

Interesting about DAT, thanks for sharing. I like CCA too, but use a bunch
of them depending on the situation (website, app or document). We have so
many options today, it is awesome!

Cheers

Lisa

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:05 AM, Preast, Vanessa < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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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