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Re: Accessible Calendar

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From: Mike Barlow
Date: Feb 21, 2017 5:36AM

But wouldn't scope indicate day of week at least (unless there was screen
reader markers in each day cell to indicate day of week, and ideally month)
otherwise navigating with a screen reader would simply indicate the day.

On Feb 20, 2017 4:13 PM, "Jonathan Cohn" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> But a month table really does not have any row headers to use unless you
> want to have week numbers. So I don't know what the complaint about scope
> would be.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jonathan Cohn
>
>
>
> > On Feb 20, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Mike Barlow < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > Oh I agree as a date picker I really like Bikir's. Problem is, the client
> > (a Gov't Office) wants a month/week/day view that they can use for
> > scheduling, but our/their 508 person keeps telling us that the month/week
> > view isn't compliant because the tables don't have scoping/etc. And if we
> > can find something that works I'd much prefer that than to go about and
> try
> > redoing the fullcalendar.io month/week views.
> >
> >
> > *Mike Barlow*
> > Web Application Developer
> > Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME
> >
> > Lancaster, Pa 17601
> > Office: 732.835-7557
> > Cell: 732.682.8226
> > e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 9:28 AM, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> >> As stated, A11Y doesn't apply to every widget out there. That's why we
> >> have WCAG.
> >>
> >> I tested the calendar that Birkir suggested on computers and mobile
> >> devices. As a screen reader user, I was quite impressed. Even iOS 10
> that
> >> has had issues with some ARIA attributes, performed quite well with it.
> Why
> >> recreate the wheels if you have a solution that works right out of the
> box?
> >>
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