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Re: for Chrome devs: intro to accessibility course

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From: Alastair Campbell
Date: Sep 11, 2013 3:42AM

Jennison Asuncion wrote:

> This free, online course from Google's Accessibility team is targeted at
> devs and others who work using Chrome. While the course is called
> Introduction to Web Accessibility, the specific focus is on blind/visually
> impaired users' accessibility. g.co/webaccessibility


Is anyone else uncomfortable with how user-agent specific the course
appears to be?

It isn't just that it appears to reinforce the view that accessibility visual impairment, but also that ChromeVox appears to be the primary tool
for testing.

It is especially troubling given Marco's excellent explanation of why
ChromeVox can interpret things differently, as it doesn't use the browser's
API:
http://www.marcozehe.de/2013/09/07/why-accessibility-apis-matter/

I'm almost inclined to tell developers and even accessibility testers *not*
to use ChromeVox as it the least used, and it is likely to work differently
from the ones that people do use.

I'll hold criticism for the moment as the course materials are not up yet,
but alarm bells are ringing...

-Alastair