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Re: [EXTERNAL]Role Application issue

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From: Nikhil Mittal
Date: Jun 29, 2018 6:36AM

Confirming, We have mimiced all Keyboard pathways available to normal
window user. In certain limited scenarios such as ALT+F4 user can use our
cirtual keyboard embedded in our application itself to perform the pathway.

Using native HTMl controls and Aria design patterns are not feasible in the
appArea as the app has already been developed and it would be difficult to
create the exact simulation.

For help documentation users are provided with book and instructor which
lists the keyboard pathways to interact with the simulation.

For solution to the problem provided by accessibility expert(Reinhard) , as
you also suggested we will notify the user to switch to focus mode when
user moves to the app area.
So even if the focus would be on body keys will be intercepted by our
application.
This way we will get the key and accessibility user will also know how to
use the application.


On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 6:03 PM Tim Harshbarger <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> My personal opinion is that using role="application" might be ok in this
> situation. If I understand the situation correctly, it sounds like you are
> attempting to simulate the Windows desktop environment. If you use
> role="application" and mimic many of the keyboard shortcuts that are used
> in the actual environment, I think it might make the simulation possibly
> more accessible and useful to both to people who use the keyboard and
> people who use screen readers.
> You likely will want to use native HTML controls and ARIA design patterns
> that best match what is used in the Windows environment to help with the
> simulation. However, there is likely at least some limitation to how
> closely the simulated environment can get to mimicking the actual
> environment.
>
> If you do that, you may also want to provide some kind of help guide that
> explains what shortcut keys are available since you will likely only want
> to implement some of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in the
> actual environment rather than all the keyboard shortcuts that are
> available. Maybe even provide a link outside the role="application" that
> provides that information to users?
>
> I hope that helps at least some.
>