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Re: can screenreader user please test expanding content?

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From: Angela French
Date: Apr 5, 2011 2:12PM

Thank you to everybody who tested the jQuery expanding content for me. I should clarify that I did not create this page, but rather am looking for an implementation of expanding content (content that will close/expanded for sighted users) that will be completely accessible to screen reader users and non-mouse users.

What I am still unclear about is this: is the content discoverable without any action by the screen readers user? My hope is that the fact that the content in the divs is "hidden" would be transparent to the screen reader user - in other words that it is already expanded. If it requires action by the screen reader user, what is the best way to convey that action is required? In this example, the developer used a background image of a plus sign to indicate to sighted users that that content can be expanded. If expanding the content requires action by the screen reader user, how do you know that it is required, other than the fact that the headline has been made into a link? When you click on it, what indication do you receive that there is additional content present, or does the screen reader just continue to read the page in a linear fashion?

Thank you for any clarification you might provide.

In case the link to the example is still needed, here it is: http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/toggle/bad.htm