Word Accessibility Project

Word Accessibility Project

    Screen readers are vital for people who have low vision.  They open up the world of research and literature as well as entertainment.  In 2007 I lost 90 % of my vision.  As an avid reader, I missed the written words very much.  When I was given Zoom Text, it opened my world back up again. 

    I currently read most things on my Ipad because I have screen reader capability and have an app called Read2go, which provides me with accessible print materials.  I enjoyed doing this project because I have low vision and on days when my vision is bad, use screen readers.  This is important to me because so many people depend on screen readers. 

     However, I was unable to locate the grading Rubric for this project and am not sure that I hit all the high points.  I used the guidelines to go through my article and correct it.  I hope that I did it correctly.
  I used the styles for headings and subheadings and normal type.  I set all those to Verdana in different font sizes so that it would be sans serif and I personally find Verdana easy to read.  I used the bullets and numbering to make lists and used ALT text to explain the pictures.  The ALT text was the most complicated and I googled it to get a quick explanation.  It really wasn't all that hard after all.  i am excited that I learned how to set the styles and to do the ALT text for the photos.  This is going to enable me to make accessible documents in the future  for attendees at conferences and for my friends that are blind.  
 i think that it is cool that you can make accessible tables as well.