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Re: Is this slider accessible to screenreader users?

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From: ckrugman
Date: Dec 7, 2009 3:27PM

I am using JAWS 11 and while it read the page with the links showing it was
confusing in that I wasn't what was actually the slider that you were
inquiring about. I am also guessing from the way that the page was being
read that much of it was not in English.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loremy" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 5:58 AM
Subject: [WebAIM] Is this slider accessible to screenreader users?


> 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
>
>