Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

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Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
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If your presentation will go on the Web

• Its best if you start from scratch
• Create your presentation in normal or outline view

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Some Tips

• An accessible slide that contains an image and
  some text seen in a normal view will
• 1. Show all the information on the slide
• 2. Show an outline with only the text
  information of your slide
• 3. Show written notes in the notes pane
  describing the image contained on the slide.

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Avoid Serif Fonts

• The use of fonts such as Times New Roman may
  interfere in the correct identification of
  letters for people with low vision.
• Use common sans serif fonts such as Arial and
  Tahoma.
• Use a good amount of white space

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Choose a template with high contrast between the
background and text.
Not enough contrast between background and text
colors.
Good contrast between background and text colors.
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Adding Non-Text Elements

• When adding non-text elements such as images,
  charts, tables and autoshapes, they must be
  described.

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Use Alt-Text

• You may use alternative text or describe them in
  the notes pane, or else the images will be
  inaccessible for people using screen readers.

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For Advanced Presentations

• Presentations that use video require captioned
  text.
• If captioning is not possible, you should provide
  a text transcript of the video.