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Re: are these modal popups screen reader accessible ?

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From: Léonie Watson
Date: Nov 3, 2012 11:16AM

Bryan Garaventa wrote:
"I've also seen the same dialog, and it is a good one. Is the intent of this
dialog to be scalable though? For instance, can you add any content with the
same level of accessibility?"

I haven't implemented the jQueryUI widget myself. I should imagine it would
be possible to include additional content, but can't be sure without trying.
It does have the advantage of being derived from jQueryUI, which puts it in
easier reach for developers already using that library.

"This is important to me, because I designed this modal to be fully scalable
using any type of content, meaning that it can be styled to look like
anything, resized, moved, made draggable, and so on, and include any type of
content, while also maintaining the same level of accessibility
automatically. So, can you please tell me how this construct is not
accessible for screen reader users?"

I'm sorry, you misunderstood what I meant. The jQueryUI example was the most
accessible I'd come across at the time, before I was aware of your construct
(which seems equally accessible with a screen reader).

Léonie.