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Re: Regarding a slideshow plugin for jQuery

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From: Kevin Chao
Date: Nov 12, 2011 10:54PM


I'm using Firefox and NVDA. In both examples, i'm able to see slide
number, where slide content should be, next/previous controls, and
links to jump to specific slide.

However, in standard first example, the content is not at all
accessible, it seems to be displayed in an graphic/image.

Second basic example seems to be accessible, but text is not in English:
(slide 1)
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad
minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
aliquip ex ea commodo consequat."

The user interface and experience of basic example is very nice and
accessible though.

Kevin

On 11/12/11, curobs < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I am wondering if this slideshow plugin for jQuery is accessible?
> http://slidesjs.com/
>
> Here's a demo on how it looks un-styled,
> http://slidesjs.com/examples/simple/
>
> I have not used screenreaders, but based on little of what I know about
> them, is this something that screenreaders could navigate easily and
> logically? I was wondering how a screenreader would read the main text after
> it reads the Next link, considering that it follows after the main text? I
> suppose I could move the Previous and Next links to the top of the slide
> heading (e.g. "Slide 1").
>
> What do you think?
>
> Carrie
>
>