Thank you so much, Terran, for doing this important accessibility testing! Benjamin Kalish Forbes Library / 413-587-1012 / [email protected]
Currently reading: *The Old Contemptibles* by Martha Grimes Just Finished: *Dandelion Wine *by Ray Bradbury For information about accessibility at the library, please see: http://forbeslibrary.org/accessibility/ On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Terran McCanna < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I spent some time perusing the web staff client with three volunteers from > our GLASS (Georgia Library for Accessible Statewide Services) department > last week and discovered some areas that need work in order to meet ADA > Section 508 requirements. One staff volunteer uses glasses with an attached > monocular and a large screen with JAWS to back it up, one staff person uses > a high contrast black screen with heavy reliance on JAWS, and the third > staff person is entirely reliant on JAWS. All three are all using Windows > 7. I did some additional testing with the NVDA screen reader on my own > machine as well, which doesn't have all the bells and whistles of JAWS, but > it's free and good enough for simple testing. > > The first thing I discovered is that JAWS works better with Internet > Explorer than any other browser, and that JAWS users really dislike Chrome > because of its poor accessibility. Since the web client doesn't work at all > on IE (we couldn't even successfully log in), that left Firefox as the only > testing option. > > Rather than trying to identify every little issue, I divided my notes into > 5 major types of elements that need attention throughout the web client in > order to bring the interface closer to compliance: > > Section labels / nested headings: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615707 > > Field labels: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615800 > > Button labels: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615714 > > Button order/placement on forms: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615805 > > Things that look like tables but aren't: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615781 > > > > Terran McCanna > PINES Program Manager > Georgia Public Library Service > 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 > Atlanta, GA 30345 > 404-235-7138 > [email protected] > >
