She could also use the Illinois Accessible Web Publishing
Wizard for Microsoft Office[1].  She could publish HTML text
versions of the slides and use the screen reader to read the
HTML from IE.

Jon

[1] Illinois Accessible Web Publishing Wizard
http://www.accessiblewizards.uiuc.edu


---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:35:20 -0400
>From: Alan Cantor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Tagging graphical slides in Microsoft
Powerpoint 2003
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>Hi Pranav,
>
>The PowerPoint Princess (Debby Gilden) asked me to forward
this message,
>which describes a technique that may solve this kind of
problem:
>
>"Insert a text box in the gray area outside of the slide.
Type in your
>notes.  Jaws will read what you wrote, but your audience
will not be
>able to see the text."
>
>
>> Is there any way to tag graphical slides in Microsoft
Powerpoint
>> 2003? I have a presentation to make and some of the
slides are
>> posters. The audience is sited so the posters will help
convey the
>> idea the best. I want to be able to tag the slides so
that my screen
>> reader can read the tag such that I know what image the
slide is
>> showing.
>>
>> I am using Jaws for Windows as my screen reader and will
be using
>> Powerpoint 2003 in its slide show mode. My laptop will be
connected
>> to a LCD projecter so I cannot display my notes or any
thing else
>> since the audience will see them which will interfere
with the slide.
>
>
>Alan
>
>Alan Cantor
>Cantor Access Inc.
>[log in to unmask]
>www.cantoraccess.com


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