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Re: Is USPS website inaccessible?

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From: Steve Green
Date: Apr 24, 2013 2:30PM

I am also using Windows 7 and JAWS 13 and am probably seeing one of the problems that Ahmet is seeing. As I 'arrow' through the page, the focus keeps on jumping back to the M.I. textbox, which is for the Middle Initial. I have no idea why it keeps doing this, especially since it is not a mandatory field (not that that should cause it to behave that way). I have not been through the whole page, partially because I don't have time and partially because it is so horrible.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jonathan Cohn
Sent: 24 April 2013 20:49
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Is USPS website inaccessible?

First, all fedeal Federal government Internet sites should be accessible because of Section 508. Most sites actually actually have a Section 508 link in their footer though the USPS site does not.

Secondly, the site worked fairly well for me with Firefox and JAWS 14. All of the items in the calendar grid have off-screen information about the status of the day, and clicking the tab key goes to the next available date. The fact that they used a grid instead of a table confuses jaws 13 a little.

On 24 April 2013 14:55, Turkish Tutor < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> I am a jaws screen reader user. Currently I have jaws 13 and win 7 OS
> on my computer. I have been trying to schedule package pick up by
> using USPS website for couple of days. I am having a big trouble with
> The form fields on the website. It is very hard to focus on certain
> edit fields to type the required info. I tried both IE and Firefox and
> nothing changed. The callender, where you select pick up date is also
> not accessible. the available days are listed in a table as links and
> It is impossible to activate a link by using keyboard. So I had to ask
> a sighted person to click on the date I want by using mouse. However,
> the problem continues even after activating the link. Then it is very
> difficult to go back to the actual form. Also when I bring up the list
> of form fields by using Ins+f5 I noticed that the dates in the
> callender is not labeled. The callender key is also totally visual.
> They used colors to show holidays, available days etc but there is no
> alt tag for those as well. I am wondering if I am not doing the right
> thing to navigate the site or it is really inaccessible. I really
> apriciate if someone more knowledgable could check the site and give
> feedback. Here is the link:
> https://tools.usps.com/go/ScheduleAPickupAction!input.action
>
> USPS is a crucial organization for many of us including blind people.
> So if there is something wrong with their website I'd like to let
> their webmaster know.
> Thanks for all your help,
>
> Ahmet
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