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LecShare software to enhance PowerPoint and provide ADA compliant format. - Pat Miller -California State University, Northridge

Web accessible powerpoint

Why do web accessible design?

1986 rehabilitation act of congress

20% (50M people) of US population has a disability. see webaim.org for more.

started with just webcompliance. And instructors could not exclude anyone. alternate materials must be created!

ADA 1990. 508 Standards. 508 Rehab Acts. 504.

info delivery relies on assistive technology.

3 types:

• screen readers and magnificatin devices (JAWS)
• close captioning and video descripiong (ccmaker.com or pwertalk from fullmeasure.co.uk)

Design Guidelines--keep the user in mind!

Written explanations (alt tags/text)

simple designs. simple backgrounds.

don't use seriphs.

summarize graphs and charts

avoid embedding textual info in graphics.

can text and praphics be understood w/out color?

Get toolbar: ais http://www.webaim.org/articles/ais/ info on Firefox at http://www.csun.edu/training/aistoolbarinstall/12.html

validators: w3.org/wai or webaim.org/articles/ais

compliant templates: egs at csun.edu/.....

PPT can be enhanced by LecShare.com tool about $69/install. or site license is better! Trial version is avialb.e

easy learning curbve

captoin and audio cab be added to any ppt presentations

allows publishing to web in various formats:

• QT .mov with captioning
• mpeg-4 podcast for iPod
• html with links, but w/out audio.

Tips for using PPT for LecShare

• 6 bulls/slide
• 6-8 words per bullet
• font size large and even sans serif
• avoid transitions
• clor use judicouly w/out meanings

See Pat's presentation for details on using LecShare Pro.
Demo starts now:

hints: turn off MSWord.

Launch LecShare

Then launch PPT file.

Pulls into LS.

Shows HTML compliance with color and text. Allows update for missing data, such as titles or alt text for graphs.

Watch images and auto text... often images get a file name that is non-meaningful.

notes can be added.

slide-by-slide audio is inserted.

Save! And then export. Choose several versions of export, including html, QT, MPEG4 and MSWordDooc.

AuthenticSync for captioning.

Questions about current llti listserve discussion on captioning.

Does it work with Keynote? Is there a Mac version?

Demo'd lab tour of CSUN BAW from PPT to lecshare video.

Q: how to do animated gifs eg Mimi's stroke order gif...
A: "good faith efforts have been made to ensure compliance and access." statement.
Transfer Felix's presentation: keep it illustrative, then add audio support.

Language courses have fewer problems than art classes... how to pull website of eg Monet into accessibility for blind person? There are tools that can give color a tactile structure, etc.