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Re: MS Word Alt Description - is this new?

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Oct 4, 2017 11:37AM

i disagree the auto part of the process is new its been in the insiders for
about 4 months now and i have been dieing to try it. yes you were always
able to add the alt text but the AI part is brand new and i reely want to
know how good it is. Ms tells me that if you change the text they give you
the system lerns and the recognishion will get better over time i asked
if this would be in only the 365 and they said the plan is to have it in
all products in time please let us know how good the auto discription is i
am diing to try it

Lucia Greco
Web Accessibility Evangelist
IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 8:20 AM, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> No it is not new. It has always been under "FormatAlt". The only
> difference is that in the latest version of Word, they made it visible to
> users who do not know about a11y.
>
> It is also found in PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
>
>