The conclusion seems to be that skilled users of screen readers are well
enough catered for without access keys, but for the rest of us access keys
can still be useful. They clearly need some thought so that they don't cause
conflict, and some kind of standardisation / accessibility guidelines would
clearly be a good idea.
Vince.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Access Keys on Web Sites
Sorry Tink, but I cannot add much to what others have already said.
Now that the major screen readers have a variety of lists (links, headings etc.) available these access keys are probably of less value than they might have been a few years ago.
Also unless there was a standardised set of keys available on the majority of sites trying to memorise them hardly seems worth the trouble.
I use alt and 4 followed by Enter to stop the audio on the bBC Player but otherwise I tend to forget them.
Douglas
On 16 May 2006 at 20:41, Léonie Watson wrote:
Good evening,
Please forgive the cross post, but I wanted to reach the widest audience in the most efficient way.
I'd like to hear from as many people as possible, with your response to a
very simple question.
Do you use access keys when they are available on a web site?
For those of you unfamiliar with Access Keys, they are the keyboard
shortcuts which use the alt key in combination with another key, to take
the focus to a given link on a page. You hear them announced in
conjunction wit the link text. For example, "Home page alt + h". In this
example, pressing the "alt h" key combination would either move you to the
home page link, or activate the home page link, depending on the kind of
browser you're using.
I hope this makes sense. There is quite a debate raging over these Access Keys, with a great many people speaking out for the way visually impaired people do or don't use them. I'd very much like to represent the voice of real people, so please give me something to work with and let me know your opinions.
As always, thank you for your help.
Regards, Tink.
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