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From: Mike Barlow
Date: Feb 20, 2017 7:13AM

Thanks (hadn't seen Birkir's date picker so will definitely check that one
out as well) but what I'm looking more for is a calendar view (think Google
Calendar Month View) that is accessible.

Most of them have really non accessible tables (no scope parameters, and
each week is it's own table rather than the entire month being a single
table).

The jquery calendar (fullcalendar.io) is the one we're currently looking at
but while it may pass some automated tests, trying to navigate it with a
screen reader (I test with NVDA on Chrome and IE mostly, but do load up
JAWS as well on occasion) is an exercise in futility (but then again I'm
not as adept at using a screen reader as some full time screen reader users
are so for them it might not be as difficult as it is for me: ¯_(ツ)_/¯)

*Mike Barlow*
Web Application Developer
Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME

Lancaster, Pa 17601
Office: 732.835-7557
Cell: 732.682.8226
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On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Bryan Garaventa <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
> Just to be clear, the WhatSock datepicker as well as all of the other
> accessible widgets provided there are designed to be scalable components
> that can be individually customized and dropped into any web technology,
> and are equally supported in jQuery, MooTools, and Dojo so they will tie
> directly into the rendering processes for any of these.
>
> E.G Specific framework download links:
> Powered by jQuery: https://github.com/accdc/tsg
> Powered by MooTools: https://github.com/accdc/tsg-mootools
> Powered by Dojo: https://github.com/accdc/tsg-dojo
>
> If what you mean by "standard library datepickers" is the "most popular
> library datepickers", then I guess you are out of luck because since when
> is accessibility ever considered the "most popular"?
>
> Personally I find mixing these terms agrivating, because there is usually
> a big difference between what people consider a popular idea versus what is
> actually a good idea.
>
> Bryan Garaventa
> Accessibility Fellow
> SSB BART Group, Inc.
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 415.624.2709 (o)
> www.SSBBartGroup.com
>
>