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Re: Is this slider accessible to screenreader users?

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Dec 7, 2009 7:27AM

There's a slider on the page? :O)

cheers

GeofAt 08:58 AM 12/7/2009, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Could anybody please tell me if the slider on the linked page is
>accessible to the screenreader
>users among you?
>
>http://jqueryfordesigners.com/demo/coda-slider.html
>
>In its present form -- with ul.navigation a:focus set to
>"outline:none" -- you can't even reach the
>tabs for tabbed browsing, which can be easily changed, though.
>
>But what about you screenreader users? I checked the page with the
>Firefox add-on FANGS and all the
>text is mentioned in the output window, as well as all the headings
>and links. But I doubt that
>screenreader users would know where exactly they are on the page?
>Any comments will be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>In case it's not accessible for screenreaders, would anybody know
>how to get this accomplished in
>this example?
>
>Thank you very much for any help.
>
>Loremy
>
>