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Examples of Accessible and Non-Accessible Documents

Examples of Accessible & Non-Accessible Documents
  1. Image 1: (Not Accessible) This word document has no headings, the list in this document was created by inserting symbols for bullet points instead of using the bulleted list tools, tables do not have headers defined.
  2. Image 2: (Accessible) This word document has headings, bullets are used from the lists menu, and tables include headers.
Word Not AccessibleImage 1. Word Document Not Accessible Word AccessibleImage 2. Word Document Accessible
  1. Slide 1 : (Not Accessible) In this slide there is a live link, however this link is not meaningful as it includes the URL. A screen reader user can call up a list of links included in a document, if the active link text is not meaningful then the user may not be certain where that link will take them.
  2. Slide 2: (Not Accessible) In this slide a table is inserted, while the first row looks like a header (Week | Topic | Reading Assignment), if it is not marked as a header row in PowerPoint, screen readers may read it as regular data.
Power Point Slide Not Accessible
Image 1. Power Point Slide Not Accessible
Accessible Power point
Image 2. Accessible Power point
  1. Image 1: (NOT ACCESSIBLE) When a document is copied on a copy machine that bows or curves the page, the text along those curved lines becomes distorted. Reading software interprets that distortion as missing content, so any words in the bowed areas may be skipped entirely.
  2. Image 2: (NOT ACCESSIBLE) When a book is copied sideways, the scanned pages are not accessible. Reading software cannot correctly detect orientation, causing text to be misread or skipped.
Not Accessible Bowed Image
Image 1. Bowed Image
Side Ways PDF Example
Image 2. Sideways Page