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Re: are these modal popups screen reader accessible ?

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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Nov 1, 2012 1:00PM

Unless it's guaranteed to take over cursor focus, those of us with speech recognition software won't be able to utilize or close the pop-up and will be stuck. I know this form experience, where a pop-up occurs and I'm stuck behind it in the screen in which I was working, and cannot maneuver the cursor to deal with it or to dismiss it.

Gary M.

WHAT IF THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED WAS, "WHAT IS SO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SITUATION THAT IT JUSTIFIES EXCLUSION? INSTEAD OF, "HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE?"