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From: JP Jamous
Date: Dec 19, 2016 10:03AM

Birkir,

I just got the instructions. I gave those to Jim back in the summer. The one tip I would advise you to keep in mind is not to rush the toolbar. Give it its enough time. If you do not find your report, press Start + M to minimize all Windows and Alt + Tab to it. Keep doing that until you can get your cursor to the summary page. It is a pain, but once you get the hang of it, it would be easy.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jamous, JP
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2016 7:19 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Web application testing

To use the WAVE toolbar with Chrome and JAWS 17, perform the following.

1. Install the toolbar
2. Ensure it is displayed on the Chrome UI by pressing the Alt key once and right-arrowing until you hear "Extension WAVE Button Menu"


To check a page:

3. Visit the page, press the Alt key and right arrow to the WAVE button.
4. Press the Space Bar once and wait for about 30 seconds.
5. Press F6 and you will be in the DOM.
6. Down-arrow from the top of the page and you will start reading the summary of the WAVE toolbar.
7. When you are done with the report, press F5 and the page refreshes showing only the page content.

If you press F6 and the report is not there, retry the steps above and give it a bit of more time. It might take the checker some time depending on the complexity of the markup and your computer resources.
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of sucharu
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2016 3:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Web application testing

Hi ,
I am still looking for the answer to my question "which browser screen reader combination after initial testing with automated tools". And more important why.
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jamous, JP
Sent: Friday, August 5, 2016 8:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Web application testing

I will send out the instructions on how to use it. I'll do that over the weekend as I am at work now.

If I do forget, make sure to remind me please.
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jim Homme
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 9:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Web application testing

Hi Jamous,
This is encouraging, because most of the developers I know and the developer books I read use Chrome. It would be nice to use a single environment as I continue learning development.

Jim


=========Jim Homme,
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Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jamous, JP
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 10:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Web application testing

It does fine with JAWS and Chrome Jim. You just have to follow the execution sequence in order. I have used it internally for demonstrations.

At first, I thought it was inaccessible. Yet, as I gave it its fair share, I noticed it is accessible.
-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jim Homme
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 9:09 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Web application testing

Hi,
I'm asking because I'm a screen reader user. It appears that the Wave toolbar would be problematic for me to use because chrome interacts badly with both screen readers I use.

Jim


=========Jim Homme,
Accessibility Consultant,
Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
412-787-8567,
<EMAIL REMOVED>
http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions
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-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jamous, JP
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 9:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Web application testing

We use the WAVE toolbar.

I know it only works with Google Chrome for now, but I have not had an issue using it with JAWS.

Since all of our devs use Macs, They install Chrome and add the toolbar to it. That is only for internal pages.

External pages, we use the WebAIM site, which is a wonderful way to automate.
-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jim Homme
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 7:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Web application testing

Hi,
What automation tools do you use?

Jim


=========Jim Homme,
Accessibility Consultant,
Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
412-787-8567,
<EMAIL REMOVED>
http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions
E+R=O