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From: Lisa Morgan
Date: Thu, May 28 2009 2:35PM
Subject: Re: Lectora and accessibility
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Tom, thanks for the info. I had already found the Lectora accessibility fact sheet, and I do realize that the person developing the Web resource plays a large role. My question was kind of two-pronged: What do people think of the HTML that Lectora outputs (my understanding at this point is that it doesn't conform to Web standards)? And, could anyone who's used the tool share what their experience with implementing accessibility features has been? In my experience thus far, for example, although the Lectora fact sheet indicates that the criteria for adding alt text to images is "fully met" and is "course developer controlled," I don't see any way to add alt text.
Thanks again,
Lisa
From: Tom Babinszki
Date: Thu, May 28 2009 3:25PM
Subject: Re: Lectora and accessibility
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Lisa,
In a demo I have seen alt text implemented. I would need access to a working version to help you further, but it seems it is a possibility.
Tom
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Subject: RE: Lectora and accessibility
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Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 4:31 PM
Tom, thanks for the info. I had already found the Lectora accessibility fact sheet, and I do realize that the person developing the Web resource plays a large role. My question was kind of two-pronged: What do people think of the HTML that Lectora outputs (my understanding at this point is that it doesn't conform to Web standards)? And, could anyone who's used the tool share what their experience with implementing accessibility features has been? In my experience thus far, for example, although the Lectora fact sheet indicates that the criteria for adding alt text to images is "fully met" and is "course developer controlled," I don't see any way to add alt text.
Thanks again,
Lisa
From: Rothschild, Joseph T. (CDC/CCHIS/NCHM) (CTR)
Date: Fri, May 29 2009 5:55AM
Subject: Re: Lectora and accessibility
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Lisa,
I've worked with Lectora and accessibility for the last 4 years, and I can tell you that if you do things correctly, your resulting course can be very accessible and Section 508 compliant. It does, however require a lot of foresight and a few hacks and workarounds. The resulting html I seriously doubt is W3C compliant, but often that doesn't matter as long as it's 508 compliant.
Anyhow, yes, you can add alt tags to images, we often hide descriptive text that just screen reader users will hear under images and multimedia files, etc.
My suggestion is that you go to the Lectora Forum (now an cruddy wannabe web 2.0 portal - yuck!) and go to the screen readers section and poke around there. You'll be able to find a wealth of info there.
Hope that helps-
Joe
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From: Lisa Morgan
Date: Fri, May 29 2009 3:35PM
Subject: Re: Lectora and accessibility
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Joe, thanks for the info. I hadn't found the Forum up to now; appreciate that tip and hearing your experience w/Lectora. ~Lisa