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From: John Middleton
Date: Oct 3, 2013 12:56PM

There is the *wet-boew <https://github.com/wet-boew/wet-boew> */Share
widget at: https://github.com/wet-boew/wet-boew/wiki/Share-widget

Using an older version I had problems getting the email this to function
like I wanted and have not had time to revisit. However the social media
links qork quite nicely.

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On 10/3/13 1:33 PM, Paul J. Adam wrote:
> No I've never seen an accessible version of those social sharing widgets. You're going to have to create your own sharing buttons which is easy or use JavaScript to modify the accessibility properties of the sharing buttons after the page loads.
>
> Paul J. Adam
> Accessibility Evangelist
> www.deque.com
>
> On Oct 3, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Donna Jones < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> hi everyone: i'm trying to find information about the accessibility of
>> "add this" and "share this" sites (they facilitate the sharing through
>> social media). looked on http://webaim.org/ and, perhaps didn't search
>> right, but couldn't find anything.
>>
>> can anyone give me more information?
>>
>> add this:
>> http://www.addthis.com/
>>
>> share this:
>> http://www.sharethis.com/#sthash.m704r0EY.dpbs
>>
>> many thanks and best wishes,
>> Donna Jones
>> >> >> > > >