Accessible Power Point Presentation

[Jay]

I have a Power Point presentation that needs to go up on a
web site. The presentation is graphically heavy.

Does anyone know a way to configure the Power Point
presentation so that screen readers can read the graphic
content?

Or an alternative way to convey the graphic information
that will not intrude on the experience of sighted users?

Thanks

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

I have a Power Point presentation that needs to go up on a

web site. The presentation is graphically heavy.

Does anyone know a way to configure the Power Point
presentation so that screen readers can read the graphic
content?

Or an alternative way to convey the graphic information
that will not intrude on the experience of sighted users?

Usually it's done with ALT tags applied to each graphic. Screen readers
look for and read ALT text, otherwise it doesn't appear unless the user
hovers the mouse cursor over the graphic.

PowerPoint lets you specify "Web Text" for graphics and other shapes in the
formatting dialog, but for some reason does nothing with it. Or does it in
a way that's broken in the HTML.

You might want to have a look at our PPT2HTML add-in at
http://www.rdpslides.com/ppt2html/
It can use PowerPoint's web text to create ALT tags automatically, and
offers other features that make more accessible versions of PPT
presentations in HTML format.