RE: JavaScript sniffing for screenreaders?
- From: "Holdsworth, Lynn" <Lynn.Holdsworth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:25:46 +0100
Hi Teddy,
Yes, clean and valid HTML would be a given.
For the project I'm working on, the program would have to be web-based.
Apparently, the reason why these rich-text editors don't work so well is that
IE provides incorrect MSAA information in rich-text edit areas. MS are hoping
to fix this in IE8, but that's too far in the future for us.
Cheers, Lynn
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita
Sent: 21 September 2007 17:27
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: JavaScript sniffing for screenreaders?
What you want to do is great!
Until now I haven't seen any program that can do that.
Another important thing you should keep in mind is to make the program create
valid HTML, because I think I also haven't seen any program that can do that.
All of them include garbage code.
However, I have no idea how can it be done or if it can be done at all.
I am thinking for example to a way of creating tables in an accessible way,
then allowing the user to fill those tables with information, set the color for
borders, text in the table...
I think it would be great if such a program existed at least as a desktop
program, because I think it would be easier to create this type of program as a
desktop one than as a web -based one.
A web based program should be done using Javascript which is not great for
accessibility.
The desktop based program could be a library that could then be used in any
desktop application, and then anyone would be able to create its own accessible
program for doing web site updates without requiring the user to know HTML.
A web based program would be easier to use, but I doubt that it could be made
accessible.
Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Holdsworth, Lynn" <Lynn.Holdsworth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:32 PM
Subject: RE: JavaScript sniffing for screenreaders?
Thanks guys. I'm trying to create a web-based rich-text editor that works
with the top 3 screenreaders. It involves dynamic changes to the page which
aren't being picked up by Jaws V6.X, and I thought that doing a screen
refresh without actually refreshing the whole page might help. I'll do some
registry research I think.
Cheers - enjoy your weekend,
Lynn
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Veli-Pekka
Tätilä
Sent: 14 September 2007 20:35
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: JavaScript sniffing for screenreaders?
Hi Lynn,
I do know WIndows has user preferences indicating whether the user prefers
the keyboard and whether a screen reader is running. I don't know the
registry keys nor much about Java Script, and even if I did and it was
possible, it would be Windows specific.
YOu could try searching MSDN with user prefers keyboard or screen reader
flag for a Windows only solution. if browsers are smart they let you query
it on a per app basis in stead Os independently.
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With kind regards Veli-Pekka Tätilä (vtatila@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Accessibility, game music, synthesizers and programming:
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~vtatila
"Holdsworth, Lynn" wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible for JavaScript to sniff for a
> screenreader? I need to activate a screen refresh if a screenreader is
> present.
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