Hi David, >From a Window-Eyes perspective, the only way you can modify the behavior of >the page is with scripting. For example, if there is a button element on the >page, but it is difficult or tedious to find, you could probably use scripting >to find the element programmatically and make it clickable from any position >on the page with a hotkey. This would speed up your work flow and make the >program more user friendly. This type of scripting is not trivial especially >for those new to programming and also isn't very robust. If the web >application changes, it could break the script. This leads me to my next point >which is there is only so much you can do with scripting because you still >have to rely on what is available in the underlying code. So, if the >application is poorly designed and does not comply with accessibility >standards, there will probably be too many issues to work around. The ideal >solution is to contact Taylor Technologies and make them aware of the >accessibility issues in their product. Once they are aware of the problem, they can work on updating their code to comply with accessibility standards. Title II of the ADA should provide you with legal justification to request the use of an accessible ICT (Information Communication Technology) at your work place and also help motivate Tyler to make their software accessible so they can sell their products into more state and local government offices. If Tyler Technologies needs help testing their software and identifying accessibility issues, feel free to refer them to Ai Squared as we can assist them with this. Kind Regards, Marc
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ayers, David (ITCS) via Talk Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 8:55 AM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List ([email protected]) <[email protected]> Subject: Analyzing a Web App for accessibility Hello, My employer is going to a new financial management package starting November 1st. I am trying to access many parts of the interface, but there seems to be areas that are unaccessible. I have tried IE11 and Firefox and both share the same results. How do I perform an analysis of the pages to figure out what, if anything, I can modify. For example, there are many fields that have an elypsis to click on, that will bring up a drop down list. I have tried to use alt + down arrow and that doesn't work. I am also unable to find where these elypsis are located on the screen. There are other issues, like, unlabeled buttons and unreadable edit boxes. Any suggestions on how to start modifying this web app? I only have limited sighted help. Just for reference, the software is called Munis by Taylor Technologies. Munis is a governmental financial management software package. I am using Windows 7 pro 64 bit and WE 9.2. Thanks, David Ayers _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/msolomon%40aisquared.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
