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Re: JAWS cursor doesn't work in Firefox or Chrome

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From: Ron Stewart
Date: Feb 5, 2015 12:30PM

On the inverse a sites functionality with JAWS also does not insure that the
site is accessible. JAWS is a very powerful and very expensive software
program, that can brute force its way through accessibility errors in a
site. For the visually impaired I actually recommend you do your testing
with NVDA, Voiceover and perhaps CromeVox. You also need to insure the site
will work for other users of assistive technology such as Voice Recognition
users and users of alternative input devices. The first step is to insure
that the site is WCAG 2.0 AA compliant but also that it is tested by actual
users of AT.

I have reviewed quite a variety of sites that worked with a screen reader,
but when colors were inverted such as for a low vision user significant
portions of the content disappeared. Or that they could be effectively
navigated by someone with a sensory disability but a user with mobility
issues could not effectively navigate the site with their voice or their
screen based keyboard.

Ron Stewart

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS cursor doesn't work in Firefox or Chrome

" Hm, if the site is so inaccessible that the accessiblity tester can't even
test it, isn't that right there an automatic fail?"

Needing the Jaws cursor isn't necessarily a sign of inaccessibility. You use
it to move the mouse pointer over specific objects in the UI, so you can do
things like ascertain the colours being used, or pull up the context menu to
open tools like Firebug etc.

It can also be used when you need to simulate mouse interaction because
there is no keyboard support available of course.

Léonie.
--
@LeonieWatson Tink.UK Carpe diem

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>
> Hm, if the site is so inaccessible that the accessiblity tester can't
> even
test it,
> isn't that right there an automatic fail?
>
> I mean, would they expect general users to use the cursor to find stuff?
Or is
> it more so you can point specifically to "area x with these words" to
> the developers?
>
> _mallory
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