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From: Dean.Vasile
Date: Aug 26, 2024 12:05PM

If it wouldn’t be too much trouble, that would be fun to see.
Thank you very much for the offer
Dean Vasile


617-799-1162

> On Aug 26, 2024, at 1:45 PM, Lucy Greco via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> hi it treats them as normal across words literally you change the mode to
> down and then it rotates the grid so down is now acrss smile want me to
> record a screen cast of it?
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>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:28 AM <EMAIL REMOVED> <
>> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> I am actually intrigued by this.
>> How does it read the words that are going vertically?
>> Dean Vasile
>>
>>
>> 617-799-1162
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>>> On Aug 26, 2024, at 1:25 PM, Lucy Greco via WebAIM-Forum <
>> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> Berkeley IT <https://technology.berkeley.edu/home>
>>>
>>> Lucy Greco, Web Accessibility Evangelist
>>>
>>> Campus IT Experience
>>> Phone: (510) 289-6008 | Email: <EMAIL REMOVED> |
>>>
>>> We champion diversity. We act with integrity. We deliver. We innovate.
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>>>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 4:01 AM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>