{"id":3292,"date":"2019-03-06T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2019-03-06T15:28:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:28:45","slug":"ally-update-preview-documents-in-your-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/2019\/03\/06\/ally-update-preview-documents-in-your-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"Ally Update: Preview Documents in Your Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ally\u2019s latest update will now show in-browser previews for PDF\u2019s, Word documents, and Powerpoint presentations. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does this mean? <\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, when you clicked on the Ally gauge to view your document&#8217;s accessibility score and list of any accessibility issues, you only saw an icon for the document in the main window. Now, Ally will allow you to view your document right in the browser <em>and <\/em>highlight where the specific accessibility issues are. No more guessing. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-3.23.38-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-3.23.38-PM.png 923w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-3.23.38-PM-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-3.23.38-PM-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-06-at-3.23.38-PM-500x238.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><figcaption>Sample accessibility score with issues highlighted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights are currently provided for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Images without an appropriate alternative description<\/li><li>Text fragments with insufficient contrast<\/li><li>Tables without table headings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s now much easier to identify the issue and then fix it. View the video below to see it in action. <br><em>(Note: the video does not have any sound.) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"kaltura_player\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/1737571\/sp\/173757100\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/25740471\/partner_id\/1737571?iframeembed=true&amp;playerId=kaltura_player&amp;entry_id=0_f4uf0wmc&amp;flashvars[streamerType]=auto&amp;flashvars[localizationCode]=en&amp;flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true&amp;flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true&amp;flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left&amp;flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true&amp;flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true&amp;flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical&amp;flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false&amp;flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true&amp;flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder&amp;flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true&amp;&amp;wid=0_t0o19v6c\" width=\"608\" height=\"402\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Kaltura Player\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ally\u2019s latest update will now show in-browser previews for PDF\u2019s, Word documents, and Powerpoint presentations. What does this mean? Previously, when you clicked on the Ally gauge to view your document&#8217;s accessibility score and list of any accessibility issues, you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/2019\/03\/06\/ally-update-preview-documents-in-your-browser\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[330,223],"tags":[25,401,209,221],"class_list":["post-3292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessibility","category-mylesley-2","tag-accessibility","tag-ally","tag-blackboard","tag-mylesley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3297,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions\/3297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}