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From: James L Bailey
Date: Tue, Nov 01 2011 3:15PM
Subject: jaws key for flyout menus?
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Is there a JAWS key for accessing flyout menus? This assumes, of
course, a properly coded set of flyouts.

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Best regards,

James

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James Bailey M.S.
Adaptive Tech Coordinator
University of Oregon

From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Tue, Nov 01 2011 4:24PM
Subject: Re: jaws key for flyout menus?
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James,

I am not aware of such a key. Are you working with a student who still
can see some? I ask because I have worked with a student who use JAWS
to read paragraph and sometimes other parts versus the full capability
of JAWS. So in that case, seeing the fly out would be needed. My point
of view is if you are not in a case like that, the flyout doesn't
actually need to visually fly out as long as the screen reader can
navigate it correctly.

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Ryan E. Benson



On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:14 PM, James L Bailey < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>  Is there a JAWS key for accessing flyout menus? This assumes, of
>  course, a properly coded set of flyouts.
>
> --
>  Best regards,
>
>  James
>
>  --
>
>  James Bailey M.S.
>  Adaptive Tech Coordinator
>  University of Oregon
>
>
>

From: Humbert, Joseph A
Date: Wed, Nov 02 2011 5:51AM
Subject: Re: jaws key for flyout menus?
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James,



There is no special key, per say. However, the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has guidelines and authoring practices for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA). In this case I would recommend you follow the authoring practices for a "Menu" widget, http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#menu. It specifies how the keyboard should act with a menu, in your case a fly-out menu. Ryan is correct in that your menu does not need to fly out if coded correctly when using JAWS, but following the W3C WAI-ARIA authoring practices will make it more universal accessible. I hope this would be you goal.


Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist
UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers
Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington
535 W Michigan St. IT214 E
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Office Phone: (317) 274-4378
Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824
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