Automatic Live Captioning

• PowerPoint: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/present-with-real-time-automatic-captions-or-subtitles-in-powerpoint-68d20e49-aec3-456a-939d-34a79e8ddd5

• Google Slides: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/9109474?hl=en

• For Macs, including while using Keynote: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mchldd11f4fd/mac 

 Adding Captions to a Pre-Recorded Video of Your Presentation

• Present and record in Zoom while using its automatic captioning feature: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/4409683389709-Enabling-manual-captions

• Upload your video to YouTube and use its automatic captioning feature: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2734796?hl=en

• Otter.ai’s free-to-use options should enable you to add captions to most recorded presentations: https://otter.ai/blog/video-captions 

   Accessible Slide Design

• The PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines (McGill University) presents Dos and Don’ts in a slide format

• “Create accessible PowerPoint presentations” (video)

• “Use more accessible colors and styles in slides” (video)

• “Design slides for people with dyslexia” (video)

• Microsoft’s Accessibility Checker

• Guidance (Harvard University) on adding effective alt text to images

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