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From: Judith Blankman
Date: Jun 16, 2023 12:39PM

I’m looking for a Wordpress carousel that is fully accessible vs. any that promoters say are accessible but aren't.

My guess (hopefully) that developers made the controls usable and keyboard accessible, at a minimum, not realizing there’s more to do.

I haven’t evaluated the options available to me, and intend to. I was hoping this mindhive might have already done so and can save me the effort. My primary concern is finding one that doesn’t constantly rotate, or that can be stopped via a button or simply by user interacting with the controls.

That said, I’d also be open to working with someone who knows how to modify any out of the box plugins to enable the constant rotation to stop, or even to not engage autoplay at all and let the user fully engage in reviewing the content presented.

BTW, if you recognize my name, I am retired in 2021 after seven years as an A11y SME at Wells Fargo working on the public site and some mobile apps. We ensured that carousels functioned so that the rotation would stop with user interaction.

Thanks a bunch!

Judith Blankman
415-793-3249
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