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Re: can screenreader user please test expanding content?

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From: Jeevan Reddy
Date: Apr 5, 2011 2:09AM

Hi Angela,
The Markup is fine, still the symantics of this Jquery/CSS expanding
content is not conveyed to AT.
I've tested with NVDA V2011.1 on Firefox 3.6 and Windows 7.
it's working well with keyboard, but the screen Reader user has no idea what
was happened when he/she clicked on it, i.e wether it is expanded or closed.

using well heading markup will help once the Screen Reader user used the
content couple of times. so i suggest you to convey the user the state of
hte widget. one way of doing it is ARIA. ofcourse older browser browsers
doesn't support ARIA still atleast some users can receive well accessible
information.

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>
> Hello,
> I am hoping that a screen reader user on this list would be willing to test
> the accessibility of this jQuery/CSS expanding content implementation.
>
> http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/toggle/bad.htm
>
> Thank you very much,
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
>
>