Accessibility Checker

The accessibility checker in Office Products such as PowerPoint will identify some accessibility problems, such as inadequate color contrast, missing alt text for images, a lack of table headers, and restricted document access. The accessibility checker will designate each problem as an “error,” a “warning,” or a “tip,” with “errors” being the most severe problems and “tips” being the least severe. (The accessibility checker in Office will identify the absence of captions as a “tip,” but at MCC, all audiovisual media must be captioned). The accessibility checker will also offer options for a way to fix problems. 

However, there are some accessibility problems an automated checker will fail to identify, and it is important to learn to identify them or to ask an expert to look over the document. For example, the accessibility checker will not identify if headings are assigned to the appropriate level, if text color or style is used exclusively to convey information, or if there are inaccuracies in alt text.