PowerPoint Accessible HTML Add-In

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Background

PowerPoint is currently used by many UIUC faculty to create class presentations and lectures. One neat feature of PowerPoint is that it allows the user to publish his/her presentation as an HTML document which can then be posted on the web. Unfortunately, the HTML created by PowerPoint is not accessible to many people. It uses frames and JavaScript, which many people can not access. In addition, it does not mark up tables correctly or provide alternative text for people who can not see pictures.

Goal

The goal of this project is to produce an easy-to-use PowerPoint add-in which will allow professors to publish accessible HTML.

Features

This project will ultimately:

Output completely accessible HTML which conforms to the latest W3C standards.
Have an easy-to-use "wizard" which guides the user through each step of the process.
Create full alternative text and long descriptions (where necessary) for all image types (pictures, graphs, etc.)
Have easy-to-understand, context sensitive help at every step in the process.
Be comfortable for users who do not know any HTML.

People

This project is being developed by Shi Chao Zhang with support from the Rehabilitation Education Center and Project SCALE.

More Information

For more information on this project, contact Shi Chao Zhang or Jon Gunderson.

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