Creating Accessible Materials

Accessibility Support for Word - step-by-step instructions to make your Word documents accessible to people who need accommodations. Applies To: Windows and Mac Office 365, 2019, 2016, 2013, Online; and iPad, iPhone, Android tablets and phones, Windows Phone 10, Mobile.

Word Accessible Template Sampler - to help you create documents for visual accommodations.

• PowerPoint Accessibility Tutorial (WebAIM)
• PowerPoint Video Tutorial (Microsoft)
• PowerPoint Accessibility Guide - use as a template or a guide.

• Excel Accessibility Tutorial
• Create Accessible Excel Documents

• Create Accessible PDFs (Microsoft)
     Applies To: Office 365, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 - Windows, Mac, Online
• Create and Verify Accessible PDF (Adobe)

• Editpad - simple, online text editor/converter
• Copy text from your word processor file and paste it into the online editor
• Download a plain text file

• Captioning YouTube Videos 
    A tutorial for uploading captions or transcription files to YouTube videos 
    Also guides users through the process of automatically creating caption files with YouTube's transcription service.
• YouTube Help Page - Add Subtitles Closed Captions

We use email because we have a message to deliver.  However, not everyone can access information using vision alone.
These links will help you create messages that are readable by individuals with vision impairment or blindness or use a screen reader to access the information.

• Creating Accessible Email Messages webpage
• Enabling the Text to Speech Feature in Microsoft Outlook  (Windows)PDF
• Seven Steps to Creating an Accessible Email in Microsoft Outlook PDF
• Infographic for Creating Accessible Email in Microsoft Outlook
• Fix or Avoid a Broken Link in an Outlook Web Access Email Message (Link Broken)