Tournament: any | Round: 1 | Opponent: any | Judge: any
The shell is open source disclosed if you want to see the standards and voters sections. The disclosed shell is also an example of formatting that would meet the interp. Contact me if you have any questions, my contact info is on the wiki
*T A Interpretation: If asked for ahead of time, or on the wiki, debates must put their speech doc of the 1nc in accessible formatting in conjunction with the typical formatting.
*T B Violation: Their document is difficult for visually impaired people to access. They only disclose a copy of their documents with “cut” cards where they read the parts of evidence they have highlighted. This is inaccessible for two reasons.
*T 1 Their formatting is inaccessible for people like me , with ADD or ADHD,like myself, because the parts of evidence that are not being read distract them from the parts being read.
*T 2 digital magnification limits the amount of on screen text and requires copious amounts of horizontal and vertical scrolling. It becomes difficult to track position when not reading some text and simultaneously looking for the next highlighted section.
*T 3 screen reader users read documents audibly, but there is no way to read only the tags and highlighted parts due to their formatting.
*T C Standard: Accessibility
*T The violation clearly lays out why the interpretation is key to accessibility.
*T Look at my in round or disclosed documents for an example of accessible formatting. They can’t complain about not knowing how to format their positions because there are examples and I literally have an explanatory how to posted on my wiki.
*T To clarify they should have sent their speech doc both a version of the document with ‘cut’ cards and a version formatted as demonstrated below and on my wiki. By sending both styles of formatting it allows for better access while being able to check for evidence ethics violations if needed.
*note if you're on a Chromebook like me you can use the debate template extension on Chromebook.
HOW TO
This section is a run down on some quick tips and tricks on how to more easily create accessibly formatted speech docs. (This how to applies to Verbatim)
1 Open the document you wish to make accessible
2 At the bottom of the document create a new "Pocket" using verbatim
3 Copy and paste the first tagline into the new section
4 Open a new blank word document
5 Copy and paste the first card into the blank document
6 Open Advanced Find and Replace (if unsure how to do this for your version of Word look it up)
7 Select the More Options (it should be an arrow on the bottom left of the menu)
8 Under the "Format" dropdown select "Highlight"
9 Towards the top of the menu check the box "Highlight all items found in"
10 Press the "Find All" button
11 Close the dialog box
12 Copy and paste the selected text under the tag you previously pasted
(If you need more explicit instructions or a video for steps 6-12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uih6JDLVRnY)
13 Select all of the text you just pasted and use the "Condense" Verbatim tool
14 Continue the process for all the tags and cards in the neg