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Re: How to test AJAX Calls

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From: Dylan Barrell
Date: Jan 25, 2011 1:18PM

Nancy,

Check out FireEyes. It has dynamic analysis that can be turned on to
test the accessibility of dynamic sites including sites that update
the page after doing
AJAX calls. It does things like monitor all content changes as well as
monitor focus and also checks for correct use of aria-live and role
attributes.

http://www.deque.com/products/worldspace-fireeyes

--Dylan


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> From: Vlad Alexander (XStandard) < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:21:21 -0800
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] HTML 5 (sic) and A11y
>>Fighting amongst ourselves does nothing for accessibility.
> Why can't we as a community come up with a list of HTML5 features that will significantly advance Web accessibility and have this list stand up to scrutiny?
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> From: Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:03:50 -0500
> Subject: [WebAIM] How to test AJAX Calls
> What is the best way to test to see if AJAX calls are accessible to
> screen readers?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nancy Johnson
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> From: "Dawn Budge"
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:14:31 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] SPAM-LOW: How to test AJAX Calls
> Install a screenreader like nvda or JAWS demo and test what happens.  You
> may need to consider how the cursor gets to the content (ie do you need to
> move the focus?) and force the virtual buffer to update if the content
> isn't read out.
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> From: "Nancy Johnson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: 25 January 2011 14:04
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: SPAM-LOW:  [WebAIM] How to test AJAX Calls
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> What is the best way to test to see if AJAX calls are accessible to
> screen readers?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nancy Johnson
>