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Accessibility Add-in

Microsoft Office 2007. Accessibility Add-in. The Problem (in case you’ve forgotten). It is difficult to make a document/presentation “accessible” It must be formatted in a certain way in order to allow accessibility applications to ‘read’ it Office 2007 is new

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Accessibility Add-in

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  1. Microsoft Office 2007 Accessibility Add-in

  2. The Problem (in case you’ve forgotten) • It is difficult to make a document/presentation “accessible” • It must be formatted in a certain way in order to allow accessibility applications to ‘read’ it • Office 2007 is new • While solutions exist for previous versions of Office (2003, etc.), none exist for 2007

  3. Evolution of Solution(rhyming is neato) • 1st Iteration: XML • The Good: • Deployment to the web is made much simpler • The Bad: • Communication between the XML and the Object Model is difficult • Altering the document/presentation by editing the XML is not possible • PowerPoint XML is nasty

  4. Evolution of Solution(rhyming is neato) • 2nd Iteration: Object Model • The Good: • It is possible to edit the document/presentation through interaction with the Object Model • Much more straightforward – cleaner code • The Bad: • Deploying to the web will still require XML interaction (however, web deployment is only a secondary requirement)

  5. Evolution of Solution(rhyming is neato) • 3rd Iteration: Data-binding • The Good: • Auto-updates is an error is fixed – less bookkeeping for us • Less bookkeeping => cleaner code • The Bad: • A back-end redesign was (once again) necessary • We had to learn data-binding…

  6. Slight Evolutions (adaptations?) • Project Centralization • The Word and PowerPoint add-ins were completely separate projects • We combined them into one nice, neat package • Interface Changes • Vertical scroll to horizontal ‘scroll’ • Panels!

  7. Demo Time • Enjoy • Sorry, no candy ()

  8. The Future (DeLorean not required) • Add Width (i.e. widen) • The base foundation is largely complete • Check for a broader range of accessibility errors • GUI Adjustments • Move information up to the ribbon • Adjust interface so that it better aids the user in learning the best practices • Debugging and Documentation…

  9. The End (My only friend, the end…) • Questions? • Comments? Thanks

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