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From: Tom Livingston
Date: Jul 15, 2020 6:35AM

Hello,

Just curious here, are you married to the carousel concept? Are you just
trying to see if you can create a carousel that is more accessible? Is a
client insisting on using one? The reason I ask these questions is that I
just went through the client scenario I mentioned and most of the research
I found was about why *not* to use a carousel. Aside from notorious
accessibility issues, carousels (or sliders) are bad in a number of other
areas. I may be way off base for you here, and I apologize, but I am just
trying to help. I can pass along some article links I came across if that
interests you.

Sorry for the noise




On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 6:13 AM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi all
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> Still trying to pin down a carousel that would work with a screen reader
> and
> with a switch control. Would the following work?
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> In order, here's the elements in the carousel:
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> 1. Pause auto play button
> 2. Previous slide(s) button
> 3. Asset(s)
> 4. Next slide(s) button
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> The user can tab to all four elements.
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> When the carousel is on the first asset(s), then the 'Previous' button is
> "not available"; same thing goes for the 'Next' button on the last
> asset(s).
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> A screen reader user would pause the carousel, then tab through the rest of
> the elements. Each asset should have alt text. When the user gets to the
> 'Next' button and hits it, aria live informs the user that the next
> asset(s)
> has appeared in the carousel but the focus stays on the 'Next' button. The
> user then back tabs to the asset(s).
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> If there is more than one asset shown at once, the aria live informs the
> user "Next three programmes" for example.
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> Thanks in anticipateion.
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> Cheers
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> Barry
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Tom Livingston | Senior Front End Developer | Media Logic |
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