What about using HTML as the core of a presentation? You could write up a
web document that includes text, graphics, sound, whatever is required. Yes,
it would be more work, but HTML allows for maximum flexibility in designing
your presentation, and I don't think it violates my dad's rule against using
a screwdriver as a wrench. :-)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr K. Schneider" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: power point with screen reader


> I'm still struggling to tab between fields with Window-Eyes in Power
Point;
> tab or shift-tab don't work; any suggestions from the Jaws crowd?
kathieAt
> 02:00 AM 6/22/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >And here I was thinking I was the only one silly enough to be working at
> >this hour.
> >
> >That was a nice report Viki. I would like to see a Web presentation done
> >with Corel. That seems to be the interest of many educators. How do I put
> >PP presentations on the Web. I wonder how Corel publishes to the Web?
> >
> >It has taken me a very long time to figure out a method for narrated
> >PowerPoint presentations. RealPresenter is certainly not the answer.
> >
> >If you have a Corel presentation online, please send me the URL? I would
> >love to take a look at it. Does Corel export to .jpg or .gif?
> >
> >Dick
> >
> >At 12:57 AM 6/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >>As a follow up to last weeks' web chat about this subject I am writing
> >>back about accessibility and lackthereof for Corel Presentations.  Corel
> >>has some advantages in terms of image handling and editing, and more
> >>flexibility in selecting backgrounds and individualizing to each slide.
> >>
> >>However the earlier versions, 7 and 8, do not allow for tabbing to
> >>navigate Slide Edit view.  You add a slide in this view with Alt-I-N and
> >>then you could hit Enter to get the default of a bullet text slide;
again
> >>it does not allow tabbing to get other slide layouts.  Page up and down
> >>megotiate from slide to slide in this view.  Version 10 does allow
tabbing
> >>and I need to check on version 9, which is the one with a free download
> >>limited version.
> >>
> >>Use Alt-V-O to get to outline view.  This can be used directly or you
can
> >>paste in plain text with tabs to get text to various levels.  Shift-tab
> >>goes back up a level in this view.  Default levels are title-subtitle
for
> >>the first slide, then title-subtitle-bulleted text.  Subtitles are
omitted
> >>if you put in two tabs after the flush left title level text is entered.
> >>
> >>Speaker notes may be a simple way to get a web show to include the
> >>information that would be spoken during a live presentation.  Use
> >>Alt-R-S-N to get to this for each slide; it gets to Slide Properties at
> >>the Speaker Notes tab where you can type in notes.  You can tab to the
> >>drop-down list of slides and arrow down and enter.  The "usual" way to
get
> >>to this is a right-click menu for each slide that requires you to right
> >>click anywhere in the slide not covered by an object, or in Outline View
> >>right click the little slide icon.  These will be reproduced in a text
> >>paragraph beneath the slide when you convert to html; html tags can be
put
> >>in for this purpose to allow for hotlinks,etc.  There is a button you
can
> >>tab to that says "Insert Text From Slide" that puts your slide text in
> >>there line by line.  You can also ctrl-tab to the other items on the
slide
> >>properties menu.
> >>
> >>Overall I aam disappointed in my favorite company's presentation
software
> >>from an accessibility point of view; I will report back on Corel 9 and
on
> >>some "good" examples of web slide shows I have come across.
> >>
> >>Please give me any specific questions that would be of help using this
> >>software.  I want to thanks Dick Banks and Norm Coombs for a really
> >>helpful experience with the web chat, it was my first time using
> >>Chatterbox!  I will try to persuade our department to try it for on-line
> >>meetings.  I would like to persuade Corel to create a more interactive
> >>method of htmll conversion and to add a text view like Powerpoint as
well
> >>as built-in options to download RTF and/or the run-time version.
> >>
> >>Vikki Stefans, M.D., pediatric physiatrist (rehab doc for kids) at UAMS
> >>and Arkansas Children's Hospital.  Working Mom of Sarah T. and Michael
C.,
> >>and wife of Henry Stefans, travel agent extraordinaire.  Every mom is a
> >>working mom!- OK, dads too. Other address:
[log in to unmask]
> >
> >Dick Banks
> >CIO  EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information
> >http://www.rit.edu/~easi
> >