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From: Lists@Srinivasu.org
Date: May 25, 2012 12:53AM

Hi,

Not sure if toolbar itself is accessible via keyboard, but all options are available via application context menu a.k.a right click.

Jared, can you please confirm?

Regards,
Srinivasu
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On 25-May-2012, at 2:41 AM, "Rabab Gomaa" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello Reinhard,
>
> Yes I use the Wave toolbar. I find it very useful because it gives the levels of heading, alt, start and end of list as well as headers/IDs of complex table... It makes assessment much easier.
>
> Re: how accessible is the toolbar for blind: I am not sure.
>
> Rabab
>>>> "Reinhard Stebner" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 5/24/2012 3:38 pm >>>
> Rabab,
>
> Have you used the Wave toolbar and how accessible is the toolbar for blind
> folks?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Rabab Gomaa
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:02 PM
> To: aman jain; <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Web accessibility evaluation tool
>
>
> Hello Aman,
>
> There is no tool that does 100% accessibility evaluation. Accessibility
> evaluation takes a manual assessment and functional evaluation with screen
> readers. Tools can help in checking some of the validation.
>
> Those are some Firefox extensions that can help:
> - Wave Toolbar
> - Web Developer Toolbar
> - Firebug
>
> For the coding level:
> - WCAG 2.0 techniques and failures can be a good thing to start with. The
> WCAG quick ref is easy to use www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/.
>
> - Check also http://webaim.org/intro/#training and
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/Overview.html
>
> Good luck,
> Rabab
>>>> aman jain < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 5/24/2012 2:19 pm >>>
> hii,
>
> I am new to this group and belongs to India. I want to do some
> research on Web accessibility evaluation tool. Can i get any help at
> coding level also can i get some comparison between various tools.
>
> --
> Aman Jain
> M.Tech(Information System) Final Year
> Delhi Technological University
> (Formerly Delhi College of Engineering)
> > > >
> > > > > >