ACCESSIBLE DOCUMENTS & MEDIA
Closed Captioning of Videos and Audio Files
If you intend to show or disseminate a video, it should be close-captioned to ensure accessibility and in support of the universal design for learning approach. Close captioning is beneficial not only to those with hearing impairments but also to those for whom an additional textual representation of the verbal and auditory is an important learning support.
Creating Accessible Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations [PDF]
This tip sheet will help you improve the accessibility of PowerPoint presentations for persons with disabilities.
Creating an Accessible Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet [PDF]
This tip sheet will help you improve the accessibility of MS Excel spreadsheets for persons with disabilities.
Creating an Accessible Microsoft Word 2010 Document [PDF]
This tip sheet will help you improve the accessibility of MS Word documents for persons with disabilities.
Accessible PDFs [PDF]
Directions with screen shots on how to make your PDF documents accessible.
Accessible Digital Office Documents
This site can help you create accessible office documents and choose accessible office applications for your organization. The guidance is based primarily on WCAG 2.0.
Accessible PowerPoints
PowerPoint slides should be simple in design. They should include high colour contrasts between the foreground and background, the largest possible font (minimum of 16pt), plain backgrounds or backgrounds that avoid busy patterns, and limited text per slide. Learn how to convert your PowerPoint presentation into accessible HTML.
Accessible Formats of Course Materials
Information on how to provide accessible formats of course materials.
Online Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Tool
Ryerson Library is proud to provide an online tool that performs optical character recognition (OCR) on documents in an effort to improve their accessibility. The OCR tool will convert "non-selectable" text files into machine-readable or recognized text. This will render your document readable by adaptive software such as text-to-speech applications. Non-selectable text or unrecognized text is an impediment to accessibility.