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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Aug 24, 2015 7:46AM

> Jaws/NVDA in browse mode activate the element's onclick event when enter is pressed with focus on that element (not the onKey events). In application/forms mode howver, the onKey events are triggered when user presses enter.

Correct, and as an FYI to new people -- for other elements (not buttons and anchors) such as divs, adding an onlick and tabindex is not enough to provide keyboard access -- an author would need an onlick and keyboard event handlers to support both the click from a screen reader in browse mode and keyboard access.

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-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 6:15 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Keyboard behavior with JAWS

Patrick
Jaws/NVDA in browse mode activate the element's onclick event when enter is pressed with focus on that element (not the onKey events). In application/forms mode howver, the onKey events are triggered when user presses enter.
If you change the function trigger to be the onClick event, you should be fine.



On 8/24/15, pratik roy < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Recently, I faced a scenario where keyboard "Enter" key is not
> functioning as expected and we have to press "Alt+Enter" in order to make it work.
>
> In our webpage, we have some button elements and onclick of those
> buttons, it is performing some action. We have used onkeypress event
> with keycode="13" (Enter) to handle the functionality. But when I hit
> Enter it is not even firing the event but working absolutely normal with "Alt+Enter".
>
> After that, I tried to do console.log() and saw that all key stock
> action is working normally if I press any key with "Alt".
>
> Now, my problem is, I am not sure whether that key combination is
> common for screen reader user or not.
>
> If anyone can share user experience for this kind of senario or a
> solution of this problem, that will be GREAT Help.
>
> Note: All keyboard keys are working fine with role="application" but I
> don't want to make it a application region. :)
>
> Thanks & Regards
> PRATIK ROY
>
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 11:30 PM,
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>> 3. Re: Developing an Accessibility Team (Kline, Jeff)
>> 4. a few recent links related to CAPTCHA (Jennifer Sutton)
>> 5. Re: W3C-WAI Low Vision Accessibility Task Force - Seeking
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>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] WCAG Extensions -----Original Message-----
>> From: _mallory [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 10:27
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>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] WCAG Extensions
>>
>> A split? Something that's okay to be somewhat stale for the lawyers
>> and something that is aware of new technology and new needs and new
>> services, for developers, vendors and spec-writers to lean on?
>>
>> [KK]
>> IANAL, but as I understand it, that's how it already works for
>> regulations:
>>
>> "Incorporation by reference of a publication is limited to the
>> edition of the publication that is approved. Future amendments or
>> revisions of the publication are not included."[1]
>>
>> So, once the regulation incorporates by reference, say, WCAG 2.0 as
>> published on 11 December 2008[2], the W3C can extend, update, fold,
>> spindle, or mangle their recommendations (to WCAG ∞) and it won't
>> affect the regulation one jot.
>>
>> I find it interesting that, to my knowledge, no federal agency has
>> decided "Section 508 is getting long in the tooth -- let's use the
>> Equivalent Facilitation clause[3] and choose WCAG 2.0 as our new
>> accessibility standard."
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kurt
>> Web Services
>> Franchise Tax Board
>> State of California
>>
>> Citations:
>>
>> [1]: 1 CFR §51.1(f)
>> [2]: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/
>> [3]: 36 CFR §1194.5
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>> From: "Chagnon | PubCom" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> Cc:
>> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:08:06 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] WCAG Extensions Kurt wrote:
>> " I find it interesting that, to my knowledge, no federal agency has
>> decided "Section 508 is getting long in the tooth -- let's use the
>> Equivalent Facilitation clause[3] and choose WCAG 2.0 as our new
>> accessibility standard." "
>>
>> FYI, most federal agencies here in Washington DC don't have a clue
>> what "508" is.
>> Those that do have a 508 policy are lucky and have made some
>> progress, but the political appointees who head up the agencies are still clueless.
>> So it's unlikely they'll make any decision on implementing 508 within
>> their agency in the near future.
>>
>> And now that's it's election season, not much will change for the
>> next 2 years...after the election and new top brass are appointed by
>> the president to head up the agencies. Timeline:
>> Nov 2016, election
>> Jan 2017, inauguration
>> Jan 2018, final appointments of agency heads.
>> June 2018, real work commences at the agencies.
>>
>> Here in DC, we all are just trading water for the next 18-24 months.
>> Same ol' same ol'. On this point, it doesn't matter which party is
>> elected, either.
>>
>> —Bevi Chagnon
>>
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>> To: " <EMAIL REMOVED> " < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> Cc:
>> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 19:10:20 +0000
>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Developing an Accessibility Team There can be
>> many dimensions to developing an accessibility team and program. It
>> is important to develop the key elements of the program first to
>> understand how and where to effectively staff it.
>>
>>
>>
>> My book on this topic<
>> http://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Accessibility-Organization-Jeff-Kline
>> /dp/1936909189/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid40184031&sr=8-1-spell&keyw
>> ords=strategic+it+accessiiblity> provides insight and guidance on
>> developing such a program. The book is directed primarily and large
>> organizations, but is easily scaled to smaller ones.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeff Kline
>>
>> Program Director
>>
>> Statewide EIR Accessibility
>>
>> Texas Department of Information Resources
>>
>> Phone 512.463.3248
>>
>> Mobile 512.426.9779
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dennis Deacon [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 4:54 PM
>> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> Subject: [WebAIM] Developing an Accessibility Team
>>
>>
>>
>> Our organization has been engaged in a digital accessibility
>> remediation project. In parallel, we've also been working on
>> developing an ongoing program.
>>
>>
>>
>> One aspect that we're working on is building an accessibility team.
>> As part of that, we're initially interested in a few things:
>>
>>
>>
>> - Do most companies have a full-time team?
>>
>> - How is the team organized?
>>
>> - How did other organizations get support from management for a team?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any other information on building an accessibility team would be
>> greatly appreciated. Our organization is in the transportation
>> industry with an eCommerce website and mobile app.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dennis Deacon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> Cc:
>> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:25:15 -0700
>> Subject: [WebAIM] a few recent links related to CAPTCHA WebAIM list
>> members:
>>
>> Since CAPTCHAS are such a frequent topic on the list, I thought I'd
>> post two resources, below my name, that have been circulating on Twitter.
>>
>> Hope they help.
>>
>> Jennifer
>>
>>
>> 9 CAPTCHA Alternatives That Won't Wreck Your UX
>> http://www.dtelepathy.com/blog/design/captcha-alternatives-better-ux
>>
>>
>>
>> Captcha Alternatives and thoughts - WCAG WG
>> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Captcha_Alternatives_and_thoughts
>>
>> Looks like I may have a replacement for my usual post on this topic:
>> In Search Of The Perfect CAPTCHA Smashing Coding
>>
>> http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/04/in-search-of-the-perfec
>> t-captcha/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Chaals McCathie Nevile < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >, lcmcevoy <
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>> Cc:
>> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 17:58:57 +0200
>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] W3C-WAI Low Vision Accessibility Task Force -
>> Seeking Participation On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 05:03:52 +0200, lcmcevoy
>> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>
>> So glad to hear about this. I've felt the needs of low vision users
>> have
>>> been overlooked. Thanks for this Jim.
>>>
>>
>> Indeed, and thank you for reaching out widely.
>>
>> Now to find network so I can join up, and time to do work.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Laurie
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 19, 2015, at 5:05 PM, Jim Allan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>>
>>> The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has established a Low
>>> Vision
>>>> Accessibility Task Force to develop more specific guidance on low
>>>> vision accessibility related to content (WCAG 2.0) and browsers
>>>> (UAAG 2.0).[1]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Low Vision Accessibility Task Force home page is:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Low Vision Accessibility Task Force expects to:
>>>>
>>>> * Document requirements for low vision users;
>>>>
>>>> * Identify gaps in the above requirements between user needs and
>>>> how they are met by web sites that conform to WCAG 2.0;
>>>>
>>>> * Document sufficient and advisory techniques and failures for
>>>> WCAG
>>>> 2.0
>>>> to meet low vision user needs;
>>>>
>>>> * Define low vision use cases which user agents need to support;
>>>>
>>>> * Develop an extension to WCAG 2.0 to address low-vision user
>>>> needs effectively;
>>>>
>>>> * Develop support materials to explain the issues and
>>>> implementation of the above resources effectively.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Task Force seeks to bring together individuals and
>>>> organizations to contribute to this W3C/WAI work.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We *invite you to contribute to the Low Vision Accessibility Task
>>>> Force*.
>>>>
>>>> * Active participation in the Task Force takes about 4 hours per
>>>> week, including teleconferences.
>>>>
>>>> * Participation is through either the WCAG Working Group or the
>>>> UAAG Working Group.
>>>>
>>>> * More about participation is at <
>>>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/#participation>;
>>>>
>>>> If you cannot commit that much time, you can still review draft
>>>> documents.
>>>> To get announcements of drafts for review, see <
>>>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/about/announcements>;.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] WCAG & UAAG:
>>>>
>>>> * WCAG, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, is introduced at
>>>> < http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag>;.
>>>>
>>>> * UAAG, the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines for browsers and
>>>> other 'user agents', is introduced at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/uaag>;.
>>>>
>>>> Please let us know if you have any questions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid
>>>> cross-postings where possible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jim Allan, LVTF Facilitator, UAWG Chair Andrew Kirkpatrick LVTF
>>>> Facilitator, WCAG Co-Chair
>>>>
>>>> Joshue O Connor, WCAG WG Co-Chair
>>>>
>>>> Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Team Contact Jeanne Spellman, UAWG Team
>>>> Contact
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Accessibility Coordinator Texas School for the Blind and Visually
>>>> Impaired
>>>> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
>>>> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
>>>> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan,
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