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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Mar 30, 2023 4:22PM

Hello Peter,
https://audiom.net
is a tool that can show statistical data to blind users in a way where they
can understand the geographic information. It sounds like the map you are
talking about would work perfectly in Audiom. I'll send you a private
message to talk more about it.
Thanks,


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Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 12:46 PM Peter Weil < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I'm inheriting an existing web page that contains, in source code order:
>
> Section 1: the name of a county in our state, followed by a few brief
> statistics
>
> Section 2: an svg map of our state, divided into counties. Each county is
> clickable, and points to Section 1.
>
> Clicking a different county programmatically changes the content of
> Section 1 to match the selected county.
>
> This raises a couple of questions:
>
> 1. Should the clickable counties be coded as anchors or buttons? They
> could be done as jump links pointing to another location on the page, but
> they also generate new Section 1 content when clicked. They're currently
> coded as svg anchors with role=button, but without any focus management.
> Instead, there's a live region that announces the changed content — poorly,
> unfortunately. I don't think a live region is appropriate for this
> situation.
>
> Deciding one way or the other (anchor or button) has ramifications for
> focus management, and more.
>
> 2. I'm seeking suggestions about how to clearly present the content of
> this page. Should the map come first in the source order? Should there be
> headings for both sections? Should there be some explanatory copy to
> introduce this content?
>
> Currently there is nothing to explain how the map functions. There is no
> heading for the map. Presumably a screen reader user won't even know about
> the map, or that they can select a different county, until they get past
> section 1.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions on how to approach this.
>
> Peter
>
>
> --
> Peter Weil
> Web Developer
> University Marketing
> University of Wisconsin–Madison
> 608-220-3089
>
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