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From: Dean.Vasile
Date: Aug 26, 2024 11:28AM

I am actually intrigued by this.
How does it read the words that are going vertically?
Dean Vasile


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> On Aug 26, 2024, at 1:25 PM, Lucy Greco via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> hi i play an accessible crossword. The way it works is the word is an edit
> field that the user drops into forms mode to file out and then can edit
> that field. the arrow keys move from word to word. and the user can change
> modes to across or down you could make across one tab panel and down the
> other to make this work in html.
> The one I use is not html but works great. it's the blind gamers one.
> called bg crossword lucy
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>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 4:01 AM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> My guidance here is to use the left and right arrow keys to move across
>> the crossword and up and down arrows to move up and down the cells (letter
>> edit fields) for the different questions. The tab and shift tab moves
>> between the questions. The tricky bit is how do indicate with the tab key
>> if you want to answer the questions which are across or down. Some programs
>> I have seen on mobile set the layout only to answer questions in one
>> direction. EG: A radio button is used to answer only the questions going
>> across the page.
>>
>> Thinking about it, you could use the arrow keys to navigate the whole
>> crossword if the right level of information was presented to the screen
>> reader and braille user and keyboard users. Scenario:
>>
>> You have a cross word with 4 across and 4 going down questions. To keep
>> things simple. The focus starts on Q1 going across. The right arrow is
>> used. When ever there is an intersection with a question going down. The
>> user is prompted for this fact. Saying something like Q1 down. A hot key
>> could be available to announce the question or you could also ask it
>> automatically. The user then could choose to use the down arrow key to
>> follow that question until the next across question is found.
>>
>> Visit this site for some ideas how a guy in Australia built one for
>> windows. http://www.omninet.net.au/~irhumph/bgcrossword.htm
>>