RE: AJAXaccessibility
- From: "Rasmussen, Lloyd" <lras@xxxxxxx>
- To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:29:50 -0400
I agree with Ken's recommendation of the W3C ARIA web pages.
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) generally means a web page which is not
static, or which pulls its content from multiple sources under control of
JavaScript running on the client computer. Access to these pages is a work in
progress, and it does require that some coding techniques not be used or be
modified in order to give screen readers enough information to do something
useful. Recent versions of JAWS and NVDA currently give the best results;
Window-Eyes has some catching up to do. If you haven't tried Facebook yet, it
gives you the flavor of what you must deal with. As far as I know, Facebook
hasn't yet done much with ARIA roles and live regions yet.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress 202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the
Library of Congress, NLS.
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan - Kansas City
MO Stanzel
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:50 PM
To: Rasmussen, Lloyd; program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: AJAXaccessibility
Hi Listers,
I am sending this to both the programming list and the java list. I have just
looked at a web site written in AJAX. One of the problems I saw was that when
it displayed something on the page it did not get spoken by JAWS. I don't know
anything about AJAX, but the man showing me the application said it does not
refresh the page. I don't see how it can ever work. Does anyone have any
thoughts to share on this subject?
Susie Stanzel
programmer: United States Department of Agriculture
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