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Re: keyboard accessibility (WCAG) vs keyboard shortcuts?

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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Apr 18, 2016 12:19PM

JAWS 16 and 17 started providing this type of functionality with Twitter
and a couple other sites. I believe I heard Facebook call it Web
Application Accessible Keys. In JAWS you can get a list of the keys that
the web page has overridden default behavior and alsso get shift-1
functionality to speak explanations of the key.
Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn


On 18 April 2016 at 13:54, Bruno, Michele < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

>
> Hello Fellow Advocates,
> I have had multiple recent requests asking about "keyboard shortcuts for
> accessibility" we have in our web applications. I searched WCAG again just
> in case I missed something and only see reference to keyboard
> accessibility; users should be able to navigate/interact with web pages
> solely with standard keyboard navigation. I get this. Other than WebAIM
> reference: Keyboard shortcuts are a standard accessibility feature of most
> operating systems. Beyond this, and/or possible mis-understanding of
> keyboard (accessibility) vs keyboard shortcuts (OS standards), is there
> something more to be aware of?
> Thank you in advance.
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