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Re: List of accessible javascripts

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From: Christophe Strobbe
Date: Jan 12, 2010 9:15AM

Hi Celeste,

At 01:09 12/01/2010, you wrote:
>(...)
>I was wondering whether there was a list anywhere of scripts (those
>that use frameworks such as jquery, prototype, scriptaculous,
>mootools, or just individual javascripts) that are accessible to
>users of different assistive technologies? Or even (this would be
>really good!) a site that evaluates accessibility of scripts, e.g.
>is accessible to keyboard users but not screenreader users because...?

Last summer, Steve Faulkner compared the state of WAI-ARIA
implementation in a number of JavaScript UI libraries:
<http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=313>;. Of course, information
like this tends to go out of date after a while ...

For the screen reader side, there is Marco Zehe's "WAI-ARIA Windows
screen reader shootout", also from last summer:
<http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/07/01/the-wai-aria-windows-screen-reader-shootout/>;.

Best regards,

Christophe


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