Question 1

What does this scanner actually check?

Accepted Answer

For Word (.docx): document title and language metadata, heading structure (built-in HeadingN styles, and whether levels skip), image alt text (the descr attribute), and whether tables have a marked repeating header row. For PowerPoint (.pptx): whether every slide has a real, non-empty title placeholder, image alt text, and table header rows. Everything is read directly from the underlying Office Open XML.

Question 2

Is my document uploaded to a server?

Accepted Answer

No. The file is parsed entirely in your browser. It is never uploaded to AccessiSight's servers.

Question 3

Does this check alt text QUALITY, or just whether it exists?

Accepted Answer

Only presence. Judging whether an existing description is useful needs real semantic understanding, and this scanner says so rather than guessing. It reliably catches the more common and more damaging gap: no description at all.

Question 4

What about reading order?

Accepted Answer

Not checked by this scanner. Verifying reading order needs real layout reasoning about how shapes and text boxes are positioned, beyond presence checks in the XML. Use PowerPoint's own "Reading Order" pane or Word's structure or outline view for that.

Word & PowerPoint Accessibility Scanner

Upload a Word or PowerPoint File

What This Scanner Checks

Title & Language

Heading / Slide Structure

Image Alt Text

Table Header Rows

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