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From: Amy Rogers
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 12:06PM
Subject: Making a slideshow accessible
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Hello,

I didn't get any response to my earlier inquiry (see below), so I thought to rephrase my question. If no one knows the answer, I will appreciate recommendations to another resource where I may get help.

We want to make sure we can make a slideshow that is part image and part text accessible to sight and mobile challenged users. I want to know how does such user navigate through this type of slideshow? Do their software know where to start navigating, and read the text? The slideshow was constructed with PHP. No flash technology is used.

I will appreciate any enlightenment on this issue.

Thank you.
Amy


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From: Amy Rogers
Date: Aug 11, 2011 4:27PM

Hello, I'm new here. I need feedback and advice. I have already searched the archives.

We sell a web-based service. On the home page, in the first screen, an idea is to feature a slideshow -- a series of 5 slides -- highlighting the service's main features.

In each slide, a screenshot of a feature is on the left, and, to its right, a list of bulleted text (actual text, not text in image).

To navigate through the slides, there would be a button for each slide below the slide area. The user proactively clicks on each one.

How do we make it easier for a sight and mobile impaired person navigate through the slides?

If there are examples of websites that have done the same thing and it's accessible, I will love to get their URLs.

Thank you!
Amy

From: John E Brandt
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 1:42PM
Subject: Re: Making a slideshow accessible
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Amy

Earlier this year I searched high and low to find an easy to use,
accessible, photo slideshow carousel. I had some folks here in the group
suggest some things and I found several possibilities, but had a tough time
implementing. I settled on a very simple JavaScript version that allowed me
to put ALT text code in with a generic description. I was unsuccessful in
getting player buttons to work or show up in the design in a way that was to
my liking. I put a lot of time into this and did not feel it was fair to
bill the client who was eager to get it up and working. You can see the
results on the link below. It passes the WebAIM WAVE test, but probably
violates something because there are no controls for the script.

Feel free to contact me off list if you want to discuss further.

http://commontable.com/index.html

John E. Brandt
www.jebswebs.com
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207-622-7937
Augusta, Maine, USA

From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 4:42PM
Subject: Re: Making a slideshow accessible
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Amy,

At HHS we use the following checklist to determine if the PPT is
compliant. You can find it at
http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/checklistppt.html

As I read through your e-mail, you want to do it solely via HTML,
which is better than PPT. You have more options, you can simply have
one "slide" per page, and apply a common template applied. TPG has a
pretty good slide format at:
http://www.paciellogroup.com/presentations/techshare07/#slide0 I don't
know if Steve is on this list, but maybe a note to TPG may be able to
assist

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Ryan E. Benson



On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Amy Rogers < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I didn't get any response to my earlier inquiry (see below), so I thought to rephrase my question. If no one knows the answer, I will appreciate recommendations to another resource where I may get help.
>
> We want to make sure we can make a slideshow that is part image and part text accessible to sight and mobile challenged users. I want to know how does such user navigate through this type of slideshow? Do their software know where to start navigating, and read the text? The slideshow was constructed with PHP. No flash technology is used.
>
> I will appreciate any enlightenment on this issue.
>
> Thank you.
> Amy
>
>
> ----
> From: Amy Rogers
> Date: Aug 11, 2011 4:27PM
>
> Hello, I'm new here. I need feedback and advice. I have already searched the archives.
>
> We sell a web-based service. On the home page, in the first screen, an idea is to feature a slideshow -- a series of 5 slides -- highlighting the service's main features.
>
> In each slide, a screenshot of a feature is on the left, and, to its right, a list of bulleted text (actual text, not text in image).
>
> To navigate through the slides, there would be a button for each slide below the slide area. The user proactively clicks on each one.
>
> How do we make it easier for a sight and mobile impaired person navigate through the slides?
>
> If there are examples of websites that have done the same thing and it's accessible, I will love to get their URLs.
>
> Thank you!
> Amy
>

From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Tue, Aug 16 2011 2:00PM
Subject: Re: Making a slideshow accessible
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http://www.virtual508.com has a product to convert powerpoint to
accessible HTML.
Take a look.