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From: Mark Bryant
Date: Thu, Apr 25 2002 9:04AM
Subject: RE: PowerPoint files and 508
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I tried the PowerPoint plugin that was suggested earlier and it started to work fine when saving as accessible HTML. However, it would prompt for a title on the audio image which representing the background narration- when I clicked ignore, it crashed!

-mark
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From: "Hencmann, Maureen" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 09:34:22 -0600

>This is just a suggestion I received from one of our students who is blind.
>Have the lecture placed in the notes section of the presentation. Make it
>downloadable. Then the student can access the outline and the notes section
>with the screen reader. This student uses Window Eyes and advises that this
>works well for him. Not exactly universal design and I would be interested
>in other ideas also.
>
>Maureen Hencmann
>Instructional Designer
>SPS Distance Learning
>Regis University
>(303)964-3652
>
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