Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Dave Morriss
On 25/08/2020 18:17, Kevin O'Brien wrote: > I think I have the same question as brian-in-ohio. I submit my show > notes in plain text, and to do this I just put the links in as plain > addresses. If there is a better way to do it, I need to know what that > way is. I most often process incoming

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Kevin O'Brien
I think I have the same question as brian-in-ohio. I submit my show notes in plain text, and to do this I just put the links in as plain addresses. If there is a better way to do it, I need to know what that way is. Regards, -- Kevin B. O'Brien z wil...@zwilnik.com

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Dave Morriss
On 24/08/2020 17:25, Mike Ray wrote: > Hello guys and gals, > > I'm currently working on a project using Template::Toolkit, and finding > Dave's show notes on this subject very useful. Hi Mike, Glad my Template::Toolkit stuff has proven useful. I use it daily since it's behind the notes for all

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Ken Fallon
Hi Mike, We will be checking for this from now on. If you have time, I can send you links to the shows after they have been posted so you can verify them before they go live. Ken. On 2020-08-25 17:15, Mike Ray wrote: > > Thanks Dave. It's a very subtle thing, but it is one of the more serious

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Mike Ray
Thanks Dave. It's a very subtle thing, but it is one of the more serious accessibility gaffs guaranteed to have me shouting at the computer, if I haven't already got a sore throat from shouting at the Today programme. Unfortunately HTML5 has introduced some 'interesting' accessibility gaffs.

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Dave Morriss
On 25/08/2020 12:59, Mike Ray wrote: > Little windows that come up when the mouse hovers over, tool tips you > could call them, are worse than useless, since blind folks mostly do not > use the mouse. > > Most screen readers have a keyboard way of moving the mouse pointer to > where the virtual

[Hpr] Free UK Foundation Ham Radio Course

2020-08-25 Thread Ken Fallon
Hi UK Hackers, The next free amateur radio Foundation Online training course run by volunteers from Essex Ham starts on September 6 The RSGB's introduction of online exams that can be taken at home has led to a surge in demand for free online amateur radio training courses such as that run by

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Brian
How about doing a show to explain this to people who want to help, but still give show notes in plain text brian-in-ohio On 8/25/20 7:59 AM, Mike Ray wrote: Little windows that come up when the mouse hovers over, tool tips you could call them, are worse than useless, since blind folks mostly

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Mike Ray
Little windows that come up when the mouse hovers over, tool tips you could call them, are worse than useless, since blind folks mostly do not use the mouse. Most screen readers have a keyboard way of moving the mouse pointer to where the virtual review cursor is, and then simulating a left or

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Dave Morriss
On 24/08/2020 17:25, Mike Ray wrote: > You can find the instructions for feeding elephants > here In Markdown there's a so-called "reference link" through which a title can be provided. This populates the 'title' attribute in the link. I use these in my notes a moderate amount, partly because

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Mike Ray
Hello, If a site has only the word 'here' linked in multiple links that take the user to lots of different resources, then navigating those links by using the keyboard to jump from link to link, the screen reader says "here, here, here, here, here." But what is here? You should make at least a

[Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-25 Thread Thaj A. Sara
So just to clarify for myself, it is preferable for accessibility to make an entire sentence a link instead of individual words? ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org