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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Jan 16, 2018 6:09AM

Hello,

First let me promote BATS. This is a list run by and for blind users who are doing accessibility testing. There is also a web page for the group, but we need to update it some.

Generally if you interact with an item in Forms/Focus mode then most if not all of the keystrokes will be passed directly to the browser. In JAWS there is also insert-Z to toggle virtual mode, but I generally find this not as useful. Personally, I find the most issues with testing sites are caused by my developers thinking that off-screen means unavailable. Some very interesting things can happen when one clicks on a action in a site that the developer didn't think the user could get to at that point.

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Jan 15, 2018, at 5:18 PM, David Engebretson Jr < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> I am a screen reader user (JAWS and NVDA).
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> I'd like to test to see if elements on a web page are accessible with a keyboard without having a screen reader active.
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> What is the best practice for a blind user to test keyboard accessibility on a web page without using the OSM?
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> Thanks,
> David Engebretson Jr.
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Bellingham, WA
> > > >