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From: Elizabeth J. Pyatt
Date: Thu, Apr 26 2012 2:02PM
Subject: JAWS and Word ALT tags
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Hello:
Several of us are finding that ALT tags inserted into either Word 2010 for Windows or Word 2011 for Mac are not read aloud by JAWS
The ALT tags are there even if the file is opened in a different version of Word on another platform. The ALT tags are also able to be transferred to a tagged PDF at which point they are read aloud by JAWS.
Are other users having similar issues with ALT tags in Word? And PowerPoint?
Any information appreciated
Elizabeth
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D.
Instructional Designer
Education Technology Services, TLT/ITS
Penn State University
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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Thu, Apr 26 2012 2:41PM
Subject: Re: JAWS and Word ALT tags
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This is a known JAWS bug...it is not a "Word" or "PowerPoint" bug. It is also not a consistent bug in JAWS - sometimes the Alt Text is read and sometimes it isn't...we just don't rely on it being read at all.
As I've mentioned you can access the Alt Text by getting a list of objects in a Word document. And the Alt Text will convert to tagged PDF as someone else has mentioned.
Cheers, Karen
Out of Office, Sent from my iPad
On 2012-04-26, at 4:02 PM, "Elizabeth J. Pyatt" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Several of us are finding that ALT tags inserted into either Word 2010 for Windows or Word 2011 for Mac are not read aloud by JAWS
>
> The ALT tags are there even if the file is opened in a different version of Word on another platform. The ALT tags are also able to be transferred to a tagged PDF at which point they are read aloud by JAWS.
>
> Are other users having similar issues with ALT tags in Word? And PowerPoint?
>
> Any information appreciated
>
> Elizabeth
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D.
> Instructional Designer
> Education Technology Services, TLT/ITS
> Penn State University
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = , (814) 865-0805 or (814) 865-2030 (Main Office)
>
> 210 Rider Building (formerly Rider II)
> 227 W. Beaver Avenue
> State College, PA 16801-4819
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/psu
> http://tlt.psu.edu
>
> > >
From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Thu, Apr 26 2012 9:11PM
Subject: Re: JAWS and Word ALT tags
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Please do put pressure on Freedom scientific to get this fixed. If you
have a document that has an example, and a particular Jaws software
(serial #, version), send the info to their support team and report it
as a bug.
They won't fix it, if we don't ask for the fixes (neither will any
other company for that matter).
On 4/26/12, Karlen Communications < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> This is a known JAWS bug...it is not a "Word" or "PowerPoint" bug. It is
> also not a consistent bug in JAWS - sometimes the Alt Text is read and
> sometimes it isn't...we just don't rely on it being read at all.
>
> As I've mentioned you can access the Alt Text by getting a list of objects
> in a Word document. And the Alt Text will convert to tagged PDF as someone
> else has mentioned.
>
> Cheers, Karen
>
>
>
> Out of Office, Sent from my iPad
>
> On 2012-04-26, at 4:02 PM, "Elizabeth J. Pyatt" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> Hello:
>>
>> Several of us are finding that ALT tags inserted into either Word 2010 for
>> Windows or Word 2011 for Mac are not read aloud by JAWS
>>
>> The ALT tags are there even if the file is opened in a different version
>> of Word on another platform. The ALT tags are also able to be transferred
>> to a tagged PDF at which point they are read aloud by JAWS.
>>
>> Are other users having similar issues with ALT tags in Word? And
>> PowerPoint?
>>
>> Any information appreciated
>>
>> Elizabeth
>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=->> Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D.
>> Instructional Designer
>> Education Technology Services, TLT/ITS
>> Penn State University
>> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = , (814) 865-0805 or (814) 865-2030 (Main Office)
>>
>> 210 Rider Building (formerly Rider II)
>> 227 W. Beaver Avenue
>> State College, PA 16801-4819
>> http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/psu
>> http://tlt.psu.edu
>>
>> >> >> > > > >