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Re: Running chrome add-ons from the keyboard/screen reader

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Dec 19, 2016 9:57AM

Hey Jonathan
As it happens, the Chrome Alchemy plugin was one of the ones I was
messing around with.

I did not manage to run the Chrome Alchemy plug-in using the method
described above (alt -> left arrow -> locating Alchemy plugin
->pressing enter).
At least I did this, waited for a minute, and nothing happened.
I took a cursory look at the webpage after and saw no changes (in IE,
if you run the toolbar yu see a new skip link and a page region of
results).
-B


On 12/19/16, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> I have been trying to run various Chrome add-ons over the weekend and I
>> always end up with my head stuck in the same old brick wall.
>
> It depends on the plug-in. Some such as SSB's Alchemy toolbar allow you to
> press enter to turn on the plug-in. Others don't do anything on enter but
> work by adding features somewhere else such as the context menu within the
> page or via the developer tools. It can be very confusing to know how you
> are to interact with many of the plug-ins.
>
> Jonathan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
> Of JP Jamous
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 11:14 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Running chrome add-ons from the keyboard/screen
> reader
>
> Birkir,
>
> I sent instructions on this list on how to do it. It is a pain in the neck,
> but yes it is doable.
>
> I don't have those instructions on this machine. Let me get to my other one
> and when I do I'll shoot them out.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
> Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 9:40 AM
> To: Blind accessibility testers < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Cc: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Running chrome add-ons from the keyboard/screen reader
>
> Greetings all
> (sorry for any corss posting).
>
> I have been trying to run various Chrome add-ons over the weekend and I
> always end up with my head stuck in the same old brick wall.
> I do the following:
> * Open the webpage in Chrome
> * Press the alt key
> * Press left arrow (this puts me in the Chrome extensions menu).
> From here I can put focus on the plug-in I want to run (e.g. Wave).
> But here is where I get stuck.
> Pressing enter or space bar on this button doesn't do anything.
> I can press the context menu key (shift-f10) and get a context menu for the
> add-on, such as going to its webpage, removing it from Chrome etc.), but
> there is no option to run the add-on.
> I suspect that I am the problem here, and I am missing something "duh
> obvious", but I can't find out what.
> I have tried this using NVDA and Jaws on Windows 7/8.
> If anybody has the solution, can you post it?
> I will do a write up for BATS and post it (I am way overdue writing one
> anyway).
> Also I would be able to run a bunch of ac accessibility tools I've been
> wanting to test, that would be a nerdy Christmas present.
> Cheers
> -B
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