Hi all,
You can already add audio to a PowerPoint presentation and synchronise it
with the slide show. What does this program add to the mix?
Pranav
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From: Equal Access to Software & Information
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Subject: Re: Narrated PowerPoint for the Web made easier and accessible
redundant how?? redundant for some users perhaps but this is a big
hill to climb with redundancy for all users at the top.
On Sep 7, 2006, at 8:00 PM, Richard Jones wrote:
Dear David,
While you are technically correct, by W3C or 508 standards, that adding
audio will not make a web page accessible, an audio representation of
pertinent information on the web page may make the accessibility
guidelines redundant for many, but not all, web pages.
Richard Jones
Assistant Director
Educational Development
Disability Resource Center
480-965-6045
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Subject: Re: Narrated PowerPoint for the Web made easier and accessible
Problem with their web page creation is that it is not accessible
because as they say, it provides "embedded audio". This is not
accessibility by any stretch of any standards or guidelines.
Further, there are well written guidelines for creating acccessible
powerpoints and they can be exported and used outside of powerpoint.
On Sep 7, 2006, at 6:19 PM, Prof Norm Coombs wrote:
Many online content providers make extensive use of narrated
PowerPoint, and I believe this new product is an excellent tool to
help providers create slick narrated PowerPoint and also make them
accessible to people with disabilities including those who are deaf
and who are blind. Therefore I am forwarding this press release.
Norman
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LecShare Pro Now Shipping Create Accessible Online Narrated
Presentations from Microsoft PowerPoint
Clayton, NC (September 6, 2006) - LecShare, Inc.
(
http://www.lecshare.com)
announces the release of LecShare Pro for
Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. LecShare Pro allows you to add audio
to Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to create QuickTime movies,
MPEG-4 Video files (Video Podcasts), Accessible HTML, and Microsoft
Word documents. You can either record audio through a microphone or
import an audio file.
QuickTime Movies
Create a fully captioned QuickTime movie from a Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation, recorded audio, and a transcript. When you include the
transcript in the Lecturer's Notes all you have to do is click a button
and LecShare Pro will automatically synchronize your transcript with
your audio. You can also include a browsable Table of Contents.
MPEG-4 Video (Video Podcasts)
Create MPEG-4 video files compatible with the Video iPod and other
MPEG-4 video devices.
Accessible Web Pages
Create Web Pages with embedded audio that meet Section 508 standards
and WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). LecShare Pro
will walk you through the process of making your presentation meet
these requirements.
Microsoft Word Documents
Create Microsoft Word documents containing images of all the slides
from a PowerPoint presentation. These can be used by students to take
notes directly on their laptops. People can now keep the slides and
their notes together right on their computers.
Price
Individual licenses may be purchased online for $69. Volume discounts
are available.
For more information and to download a free trial visit our website at
http://www.lecshare.com.
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919.882.1275 (fax)
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