Important

Grackle is an integration for specific Google Apps, and as such, all usage should follow the Acceptable Use section of the Google Apps Terms of Use & Privacy.

Read the Google Apps Terms of Use and Privacy Agreement

How to Check Your Slide Deck for Accessibility

To check your Google Slide deck, open the document and launch the Grackle Slides extension.

  • In the Google Slides menu, select Extensions > Grackle Slides > Launch
  • Grackle Slides opens in the right sidebar and runs a check

Accessibility Check Results

Grackle Slides gives you information about each check that it runs. Review all Warnings and Failed checks, and fix where needed.

  • Green Checkmark = Passed
  • Green Checkmark with Exclamation = Passed with Warning
  • Red X = Failed

Improve Your Slides

Each section in the sidebar includes several checks. If you get a Warning or Failed check, follow instructions in the Grackle sidebar to take action and fix issues.

Presentation

This section checks that:

  • Slide deck has a descriptive title
  • Language is set (English is usually set by default)

Slides

This section reviews each slide, checking that:

  • Each slide has a unique title
  • Empty slides are not used

Tables

If your slide has tables, this section makes sure they are correctly tagged and described. It checks that:

  • Tables are tagged correctly with headers
  • Cells are not merged
  • Cells are not empty

Elements

This section reviews images and other layout elements. It checks that:

  • Images and graphics have alt text
  • Text boxes are not empty
  • Lists are correctly marked as numbered or unnumbered lists

Contents


This section checks for a variety of formatting issues. It checks that:

  • Good contrast is used
  • Font size is large enough to be readable
  • Blank lines are flagged for review
  • Style changes are flagged for review