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From: Jerra Strong
Date: Apr 15, 2022 9:25AM

This could be outdated, but as I recall from testing, if the image is
"Inline with text" it will be read by all screen readers, but those that
are "floating" on top of text will have their alt text read by JAWS when it
gets to an anchor, but not by NVDA. Might that be what you are running
into?

On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 6:16 AM jp Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Natasha,
>
> What version of Word is this?
> If it is 2016 or Office 365, are you making sure that the "Decorative"
> check box is not checked?
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> Natasha Johnston
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> Hi there,
>
> I have a question I'd like to ask the forum in the hopes that someone can
> help.
>
> I work for a visual impairment charity and it's been highlighted to us
> that when we add pictures to our Word documents the alt text isn't being
> identified and read out by VoiceOver (only the file name and extension is
> read). We haven't been able to work out why; our alt text is picked up by
> JAWS and SuperNova. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Many thanks,
> Natasha
>
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