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When using complex images like , pie charts, or bar graphs, describe it is better to use using a long description rather than Alt Text. Alt Text is meant to be brief, while long and used on simple images. Long descriptions give you a bit more freedom to explain the image in as much as you need to. There are many ways to create a long description including:
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Its better to not use any floating objects in Word. Floating objects are not part of a documents structure. When they are brought into an essay or articlea project, they can disrupt the flow and make it very difficult the content hard to read. JAWS 18 and newer can read some floating objects at their anchor or insertion point. However, they cannot read text boxes (the alt text is not automatically read). JAWS users can also use Control>Shift>O to access a list of floating objects. The issue here is that they can easily be read out of order or violate the flow of the text. NVDA can also read some floating objects in the drawing layer, but only if they are inline with the text.
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