[JAWSLite] Thanks to everyone--Re: Re: JAWS capability previous PowerPoiint concerns

Thaks you all,
Vanessa
--- Armando Maldonado <armando_maldonado@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What i wrote to the list is what I tell my instructors and basically
> they're 
> ok with this. Get your disability services advisor involved with this
> as 
> well.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adrian Spratt" <A.Spratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:04 PM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: JAWS capability previous PowerPoiint concerns
> 
> 
> > As a non-PowerPoint user and someone long since graduated from
> college, 
> > I've been following Don Mauck's and now your suggestions to Vanessa
> with 
> > interest. I don't think we can tell professors not to use graphics,
> but we 
> > can say that if they do so, they should provide text equivalents. I
> hope 
> > Don and others familiar with PowerPoint can come up with good
> guidelines 
> > for students confronting this and other applications that present 
> > accessibility difficulties. It's wonderful that subscribers to this
> list 
> > provide such valuable help to students, as well as the rest of us.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Armando Maldonado" <armando_maldonado@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > You need to tel the instructors that in order for you to view a
> power 
> > point using jaws, the powerpoint itself needs to be in HTML format
> and 
> > that no graphics shall be present. HTH.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vanessa Solis" <vrsolis@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:41 PM
> > Subject: [JAWSLite] JAWS capability previous PowerPoiint concerns
> >
> > To make a request to a professor so that the material for a class
> is 
> > readable by JAWS, do I state that the information must be text
> based not 
> > graphic based? Or is this referred to in some other words?
> >
> > Vanessa
> > --- Don Mauck <don.mauck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Vanessa, Was this originally created in Word? Was it originally an
> actual 
> > power point? Right now, I'd say that this was not created in Power
> point, 
> > however, if it was I'd like to see the actual power point rather
> than 
> > having it put into a word document. You also sent it to me in a
> format 
> > that Jaws does not support so I had to change the view to a normal
> view. 
> > So just to make sure you understand what I'm asking, what was the
> original 
> > format you were given?
> >
> > Oracle Don Mauck | Accessibility Evangelist Cross Applications
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> > Denver CO 80237
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> > Email don.mauck@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vanessa Solis
> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:36 PM
> > To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: PowerPoint advice
> >
> > I have attached the WORD document that has two of the slides in it.
> Thank 
> > you for your assistance.
> >
> > Vanessa
> > --- Don Mauck <don.mauck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hmmm, it could be some kind of imbedded graphic I'd half to see it.
> If you 
> > want you could send it to me directly as an attachment and I
> >
> > could have a look.
> >
> > Oracle Don Mauck | Accessibility Evangelist Cross Applications
> Unlimited
> > 7700 Technology Way
> > Denver CO 80237
> > Phone (303) 334-4184
> > Email don.mauck@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vanessa Solis
> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:50 AM
> > To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: PowerPoint advice
> >
> > Nothing happens exept, JAWS reads tab enter. Is an embedded field 
> > something that sounds like it came from PowerPoint?
> >
> > --- Don Mauck <don.mauck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Did you try to press enter on the slide? What happens if you press
> >
> > the tab key and then press the enter key?
> >
> > Oracle Don Mauck | Accessibility Evangelist Cross Applications
> Unlimited
> >
> > 7700 Technology Way Denver CO 80237 Phone (303) 334-4184 Email 
> > don.mauck@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vanessa Solis
> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:27 AM
> > To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: PowerPoint advice
> >
> > I tried enter and f6 to access the content of the slide. I have
> been able 
> > to copy it to WORD, but not to this message so you could see it. In
> WORD, 
> > it is called an embedded field.
> >
> > Does this tell you anything more about the slide? I thought it was
> created 
> > with PowerPoint, but I am guessing. I will ask for assistance from
> the 
> > instructor, but I wanted to make sure I
> >
> > was using JAWS correctly.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how this text can be read, or that it can not be
> >
> > read by JAWS? Vanessa
> >
> > --- Don Mauck <don.mauck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Here's what I have found. To read the slide you need to press the
> enter 
> > key to get into the text. For example: if you see "slide one," you
> can 
> > then tab, press enter, and you should see the information in the
> slide. 
> > Also you can press F6 to cycle through the slide name, thumb nail
> and 
> > notes. So you may have some one who has entered
> >
> > something in the notes content that you might need to read as well.
> >
> > When in PowerPoint, read the helps that Jaws provides, it will also
> be a 
> > big help in this. Hth.
> >
> > Oracle Don Mauck | Accessibility Evangelist Cross Applications
> Unlimited
> >
> > 7700 Technology Way Denver CO 80237 Phone (303) 334-4184 Email 
> > don.mauck@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vanessa
> > Solis
> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:27 AM
> > To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [JAWSLite] PowerPoint advice
> >
> > I am taking a class on the internet. PowerPoint is used for some of
> the 
> > class. Can anyone advise me if JAWS will work on PowerPoint slide
> shows. I 
> > had some training in PowerPoint many years ago, so I know
> >
> > JAWS will work, but I do not know enough to be aware of whether the
> >
> > creator of the slide-show has to create it in a specific way or if
> I need 
> > to change my JAWS settings to read the material. JAWS is reading
> all of 
> > the links around the slides, but not recognizing the slide text.
> >
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