https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54174
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Bug ID: 54174
Summary: accessibility for blind - screen reader can't read
translations and declensions
Product: Wikimedia
Version: wmf-deployment
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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originally reported here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Project:Support_desk/Site_accessibility_for_blinds
<quote>
"Site accessibility for blinds"
Dear Wiktionary team, I am a blind, and therefore a screen reader software
user. I am also a student of Foreign Languages. I have successfully used
Wictionary until few months ago. Today, when I came back to the site, because I
started preparing for the beginning of University in two weeks, I discovered
that I can no longer access the contents I used to. More specifically, when I
enter an English word, I cannot read its translation in other languages. And
when I enter a Polish word, I can no longer see the declentions of that word.
When I realized it, I just felt like crying. Being blind, I cannot use paper
printed dictionaries. Digital solutions are the answer for blinds need of
autonomy. And when I see that improvements on the website just completely
disregard the accessibility issue, it is just so sad. Anyway, I assume that it
happened simply because the tecnicians who care for the website are not aware
of the disabled needs. So that's why I am writing, to ask that please, please,
please, you consider removing whatever aditions you made to Wiktionary that
made it impossible to use by screen reader software users. In case you want or
need to contact me, for further clarifications or comments, please do it to the
e-mail address catia.b.lima(put-the-at-sign-here)gmail.com. I am afraid I won't
be able to retrieve this discussion anymore, due to the complexity of the
pages, so I will most likely not read whatever you tell me here. Once more,
please, University is starting in two weeks and I needed to study before that.
Thank you for your time and your commitment to help me and other blinds. Kidest
regards, Catia - 15 September 2013
</quote>
<quote>
There are two problems:
The screenreader can no longer read translations and
The screenreader can no longer read declensions.
Does anyone know, why?
</quote>
- please help finding out if this just applies to Wiktionary or is a global
issue
- what is the root cause and of course fix it
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