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From: Gerard Corboz
Date: Apr 8, 2003 5:20PM

Hi everyone

I've been aware of the basics of accessibility for quite a while now but
have not delved into the nuts and bolts. As demand from our clients grow I
am required to have the answers.

One thing that I'm struggling with is the best way to present a complex
form. All the examples I have seen to date are reasonably simple. The
majority of our clients are Australian government departments many of which
have lengthy and complex forms.

When I say complex I am talking about a lot of explanatory text that goes
with the form (at the start, during and at the end), a lot of skipping i.e.
if answer is no then go to question xyz, a lot of detailed and complex data
etc. I have observed a blind person using Jaws a few times and have noticed
that when it comes to form filling they enter into a 'forms' mode which
appeared to skip a lot of the explanatory text that came with the example
form that we were looking at and read the labels and other extra information
tags that were associated with each particular field in the form.

I would be very interested in having a look at some complex forms that
readers of this mailing list have developed to get an idea how some if not
all of these issues are being overcome.

Regards

Gerard Corboz
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