Hi all
The linked example provided by tee i belive was taken from here:
http://www.html5accessibility.com/index-aria.html
the example: http://hanshillen.github.com/aegisdemo/ is provided as an
alternative to the HTML5 menu control.
The HTML5 menu control has not been implemented yet, but will
good places to start with HTML5 are:
HTML: The Markup Language
http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/
HTML5 (Edition for Web Authors)
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/
regards
stevef
On 17 August 2010 16:18, Jason Grant ja...@flexewebs.com wrote:
A good starting point is the spec itself
HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives
http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/
This document is a work in progress currently edited by me, I
encourage anyone with an interest to contribute to its development.
Document aims:
* Provide clear and practical advice on how to
hi russ
the bbc childrens sites makes extensive use of flash for their games:
cbeebies
games for switch and special needs:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/theme/switch/
keyboard:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/theme/keyboard/
CBBC
switch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/switch/
general:
hi glenda,
Changing the setting of any user interface component is changing some
state in the control that will persist when the user is no longer
interacting with it. So checking a checkbox or entering text into a
text field changes its setting, but activating a link or a button does
not.
HI Mathew
So now a slight rant... I dont understand how:
span role=aria-checkbox
is better than:
input type=checkbox ...
?
3 points
1. The ARIA spec recommends the use of native semantics where ever possible:
Use native markup when possible.
Use the semantic elements that are
The the W3C HTML working group is currently debating the usefulness of
HTML 5: The Markup Language http://shrinkster.com/13zy vs HTML 5
A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML
http://shrinkster.com/13zz as normative documents for web developers
to use as a reference point in their
H Ben
I think the more serious compatibility problem with ARIA is the immaturity
and rapid pace of change of the draft specifications and implementations.
The ARIA spec is expected to go to last call end of february, so the
spec will be pretty stable by this point. From my understanding the
hi tee,
this article gives you some idea of how screen readers use fieldsets/legends
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=3
also worthwhile: Too much accessibility - FIELDSET LEGENDS
(http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/articles/too-much-accessibility/too-much-accessibility-fieldset-legends/)
In your
Hi Christian,
Just clear up my understanding, folks; is Internet Explorer accessible
because Microsoft builds the accessibility features
The short answer is yes
Details of the accessibility of internet Explorer can be found in the
VPAT (voluntary product accessibility template) supplied by
Hi Kevin
I have written about some of the accessibility issues with google chrome:
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=92
regards
stevef
2008/9/3 kevin erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have a huge concern about accessibility here. Apparently Jaws and other
screen readers don't work on Google
Hi Kevin,
What is the best title attribute wording to indicate a link is a jump
link (page navigation links)?
using the title attribute on a link to describe its purpose means that the
information will not be available to the 2 user groups that the skip link is
primarily designed to aid.
1.
i have written up results from some tests i carried out:
Screen Readers lack emphasis - http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=41
On 27/02/2008, tee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Steven,
On Feb 26, 2008, at 6:49 AM, Steven Faulkner wrote:
don't know if this has been pointed out yet
don't know if this has been pointed out yet, but as far as screen readers
like JAWS and Window Eyes are concerned the strong element does not convey
any meaning. It is not recognised by them.
They do not change the way text within strong elements are announced, but
neither do they do it for em or
To get an idea of how screen readers vocalise content (it also many
other features) I would recommend trying adesigner
(http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/adesigner)
On 06/12/2007, Jixor - Stephen I [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That said how would it compare for a developer that is making an effort
Firevox also implemts much of WAI-ARIA, so it is useful for testing
and demos of ARIA functionality.
On 05/12/2007, Steve Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would
Firevox also implemts much of WAI-ARIA, so it is useful for testing
and demos of ARIA functionality.
On 05/12/2007, Steve Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe
Hi Leon,
I am not sure what you meant by calendat application, but have a look at:
Unobtrusive Date-Picker
http://www.frequency-decoder.com/2006/10/02/unobtrusive-date-picker-widgit-update/
On 26/10/2007, Leon Wild [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
Can anyone recommend a standards compliant,
Hi Rebecca,
announcing of title attribute values on links is not a default screen
reader behaviour and for JAWS the announcing of the title attribute is
an OR choice (read title or link content) so effectively the title
attribute conentt for links is unavailable to most screen reader
users.
On
,
If I may follow on to Rebecca's query and based your reply, is it then
considered good practice (in general) _not_ to add title attributes and
values to hyperlinks?
Kind regards,
Frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Steven
Also, sighted keyboard users will never see them either.
If they use IE.
although users of firefox can access the title attribute via the
keyboard, there is no way for them to know that there is a title there
to be queried, unlike mouse users who are presented with the title as
a tooltp when
If the developers of flickr.com or Photobucket were to implement the
recommendations regarding the omission of the alt attribute within the
current HTML 5 draft what are the potential effects upon the accessibility
of the sites for users of assistive technology such as screen readers?
From Laura Carlson:
The HTML WG charter does say:
The HTML Working Group will cooperate with the Web Accessibility
Initiative to ensure that the deliverables will satisfy accessibility
requirements. Coordination with WAI will be primarily conducted
through the Protocol and Formats Working Group,
alastair campbell wrote:
Does the HTML working group have to take into account accessibility
guidelines?
What I mean is, does it have to make alt mandatory because WCAG (any
version) does?
I asked around and got some answers that may answer your question:
Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
The
Cedric Trevisan of TPG (Europe) and WAT-C has developed a version of the
Colour Contrast Analyser for the Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later
[http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrast-analyser.html#macdownload
]
It can be used to check for conformance with the WCAG 1 2 checkpoints
relating to
The Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 beta is now available.
[http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html]
Feedback welcome.
Whats new version 2.0
Compatible with IE 7 and Vista
All functions (except third party) no longer rely upon external scripts.
Most functions now work when
The Contrast Analyser 2.0
http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrast-analyser.html
This version implements the updated contrast algorithm and provides
results based on Guideline 1.4 of the May 2007 working draft of WCAG
2.0
--
with regards
Steve Faulkner
Technical Director - TPG Europe
Please note: there was an issue with some text labels and the results
for color deficits, this has now been resolved, please take the time
to download another copy of the software if you have downloaded it in
the first hour of its release.
On 18/05/07, Steven Faulkner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Screen Readers and JavaScript - presentation at CSUN 2007
http://www.paciellogroup.com/CSUN/csun-javascript-presentation.html
--
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Technical Director - TPG Europe
Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium
www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org
listed with
its parent elements, and class and id attribute values when specified
to make it easier to locate the elements.
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Web Accessibility Workshops
28 29 November 2005 - Canberra
These one-day workshops introduce accessibility issues in terms of
Australian policy contexts and internationally recognised requirements. For
further details visit:
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=684
Writing for the
Thanks to those who have emailed me with screenshots!
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Download the Web
that Safari shows title attribute content in the status bar and
would like to have an image example of this.
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of this international
group of web accessibility practitioners, stated Steven Faulkner WAT-C
founder, We have a unique opportunity to provide tools to promote the
understanding and development of an accessible web.
WAT-C is a collaboration of some of the world's leading accessibility
are changed by the user.
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Get the Web Accessibility Toolbar
[http://www.nils.org.au/ais
Also See
Keyboard Navigation and Internet Explorer :
http://juicystudio.com/article/ie-keyboard-navigation.php
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An english language version of an online tool (developed by by Renzo Giust)
for checking flicker rates in animated gifs.
is now available.
http://www.webaccessibile.org/test/check.aspx
best regards
stevef
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The discussion list for
it.
any ideas?
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Is there free online screen reader like Delorie Lynx Viewer available that
allows to test sites?
this one does:
http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/lynx/lynx_viewer.php
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or
comments Press Alt + Shift + q
[TextArea: If interested in any particular package...]
[Send: Submit button.]
[Clear: Reset button.]
(End of form 2.)
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developed.
Currently it available in Dutch, I believe they also plan to release an
English language version.
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checked it and w3c css validator didn't complain?
once i changed test-align to text-align
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? if so please email me...
The CCA is written in delphi.
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This may be helpful,
Irish National Disability Authority IT Accessibility Guidelines
Legislation and Policy
http://accessit.nda.ie/policy_and_legislation.html
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Andreas Boehmer wrote:
But it seems you cannot manually
enter HEX codes?
you can now!
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a colour contrast analyser,
useful for checking foreground background colour combinations
is now available.
(http://www.nils.org.au/ais/web/resources/contrast_analyser/index.html)
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trying to find the values of colours used on a page.
It also gives results for various types of colour blindness which currently
no online tool does.
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]
www.accessibleinfo.org.au
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A subsidiary
memebrs on the list thought about it and its
implications?
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Thanks Susan,
i spent a while trawling through old posts to find the thread ,
but found it instructive,
The article Serving XHTML 1.0
(http://www.w3.org/International/articles/serving-xhtml/) helped clarify
the subject for me.
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be got here: http://web_accessibility_toolbar.blogspot.com/
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of a particular link with a
list of links.
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With Screen Readers
http://www.redish.net/content/papers/InteractionsPaperAuthorsVer.pdf
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sorry forgot to say that it is a big file - 904kb
Interesting observational study of screen reader users (PDF)
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can also be nested to identify sub-groups
there are a few examples (with code) of their use here:
http://www.nils.org.au/ais/web/resources/WSG_Oct_04/slide16.html
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is optional.
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controls in this way.
The info here: The HTML Forms Challenge
[http://www.freedomscientific.com/HTML_challenge/files/forms_challenge.html]
may be helpful for better understanding how a screen reader (JAWS)
interacts with forms.
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I tried overflow and other things on both the
select and option elements, didn't seem to make any difference in IE
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This is what a user (accessing with IBM homepage reader) hears for your
example form:
(Start of select menu with 6 items.)
work[Selected.]
(End of select menu.)
[Text.]
doesn't appear very informative?
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/invisible-form-prompts.asp
for a discussion on methods.
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.
there is also a screen reader [outSPOKEN] for the mac which you can
download a demo of, but i think it may have stopped being produced.
http://www.synapseadaptive.com/alva/outspoken/outspoken_for_mac.htm
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will do some testing with assitive tech to see how they handle multiple
explicit labels.
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minutes. Please continue below to download and begin using it today.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/jaws_form.asp
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haven't heard and cannot find any mention of any user agent that supports
any media type other than screen, print and projector (opera only).
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/0399.html
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is:
a. accessible
b. conforms to the WCAG guidelines.
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. As screenreaders read the
page as it is written in the code (ignoring css positioning) a screen
reader user will not encounter the submit button(s) until the end of the
form.
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communications professionals, business managers, along with
content authors, web programmers, designers and web contract managers.
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the Images submenu.
(source:http://www.robinlionheart.com/stds/html4/results.xhtm)
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I think that if the default tab order of the page is logical you don't
need to use tabindex.
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The font-smooth property is part of the CSS3 working draft:
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-fonts/#font-smooth-prop
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Hi ted,
recommend you read (if you haven't already) this article
More reasons why we don't use accesskeys:
http://www.wats.ca/articles/accesskeyconflicts/37
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=float:rightThis is the title of your news post, which does
not
accept HTML input/div
div label for=f-title.../label
input id=f-title type=text... //div
/div
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Xstandard is worth a look for using with browser based CMS
http://xstandard.com/default.asp
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Shortened forms on the Web - Abbreviations, Contractions, Acronyms,
Initialisms, Symbols and other things.
http://www.nils.org.au/ais/web/resources/ozewai2003/short_forms.htm
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Calculator/a
note: the inline styles etc. are only for demonstation purposes.
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Donna
web accessibility toolbar:
http://www.nils.org.au/ais/web/resources/toolbar/
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has so far been
directed at improving the functionality and collaborating with others to
create versions in other languages.
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