I found this while I was working on my Winn Dixie article. I’m just going to leave this here: If anyone needs an example of alt text when faced with what looks like an impossible picture to even begin to describe, here you go! lol https://t.co/x2xx4jmX2h — @krisnelson (@krisnelson) May 16, 2022 Sadly, the ALT…
Read More A really good use of ALT textI’m mentioning two different pages that helped me solve a lot of problems when converting InDesign files that had been converted to PDF. PAC2021[1]It should be noted that the new version requires registration, although I’m not quite sure why. The old PAC 3 version does not. (the PDF accessibility checker, currently Windows only) highlights many…
Read More How to reduce many InDesign PDF errors in just a few steps.Here’s some information from Microsoft about making emails accessible in the Outlook client: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/make-your-outlook-email-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities-71ce71f4-7b15-4b7a-a2e3-cf91721bbacb There is a lot of common sense stuff in that article, but one thing I didn’t realize: in dark mode, you’ll want to go and double check the accessibility checker pane, because errors don’t automatically show up. There’s also a way…
Read More Outlook accessibility tipMy students can tell you that I like for there to be a good answer to the “so what” question; in other words, if I’m going to teach about a concept, my students should know what I’m asking them to learn, why they should learn it, and what they should be able to take away…
Read More The “so what” behind the Accessible Document Specialist credential