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From: Mike Warner
Date: Tue, May 05 2015 9:07AM
Subject: accessibility testers
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Hi all,
to make sure that we've got everything as accessible as possible, I want to
hire a couple of testers with different disabilities. I've been trying to
get ahold of someone at the Perkins School, since they're local, but
haven't heard back. Is anyone on this list a tester or can anyone
recommend a tester?
Thanks,
Mike
From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Tue, May 05 2015 10:02AM
Subject: Re: accessibility testers
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I think that Knowbility does some accessibility / usability testing services.
At least I have provided feedback for one or two.
You might want to check to see if that would meet your needs.
If you go a few weeks back, there is a thread about accessibility
expert groups that are popping up all over the country. Depending on
where you live, this might help you get in touch with a local a11y
person who could help direct you to a good local resource.
hth
-B
On 5/5/15, Mike Warner < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> to make sure that we've got everything as accessible as possible, I want to
> hire a couple of testers with different disabilities. I've been trying to
> get ahold of someone at the Perkins School, since they're local, but
> haven't heard back. Is anyone on this list a tester or can anyone
> recommend a tester?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> > > > >
--
Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
From: Laurie Penalber
Date: Tue, May 05 2015 12:48PM
Subject: Re: accessibility testers
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Hi Mike,
I'm an AT instructor and I have a student/JAWS user who would love to do
testing. I personally can take look at it and write you usability &
accessibility report.
-Laurie
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> 1. Caret browsing (Jim Allan)
> 2. Re: Caret browsing (Ryan E. Benson)
> 3. accessibility testers (Mike Warner)
> 4. superscript (Mike Warner)
> 5. Re: superscript (Olaf Drümmer)
> 6. Re: accessibility testers (Birkir R. Gunnarsson)
> 7. Re: superscript (Ricardo Sánchez Velázquez)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jim Allan < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 13:25:18 -0500
> Subject: [WebAIM] Caret browsing
> In IE and FF you can turn on caret browsing with F7. In Chrome you need an
> extension.
> Caret browsing lets a user perform text selections, copy, etc. from the
> keyboard. The user can also activate links by moving the caret into the
> text of an anchor and hitting enter. The link gets a focus ring. Other than
> selection (copy) and link activation nothing else seems to works.
>
> Is the position of the caret available to users (for style sheets - use
> like pseudo elements) or developers?
>
> Does anyone know of resources about caret functionality?
>
> Jim
> --
> [image: http://www.tsbvi.edu] <http://www.tsbvi.edu>;Jim Allan,
> Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Ryan E. Benson" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 15:06:00 -0400
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Caret browsing
> Jim,
>
> What else do you want it to do? Personally I use it on bad days to click on
> links, or if the link is single characters, like on wikis.
>
> Off the top of my head :focus{..} still works to modify things. I don't
> think you can adjust the visual look of the caret though.
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Jim Allan < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> > In IE and FF you can turn on caret browsing with F7. In Chrome you need
> an
> > extension.
> > Caret browsing lets a user perform text selections, copy, etc. from the
> > keyboard. The user can also activate links by moving the caret into the
> > text of an anchor and hitting enter. The link gets a focus ring. Other
> than
> > selection (copy) and link activation nothing else seems to works.
> >
> > Is the position of the caret available to users (for style sheets - use
> > like pseudo elements) or developers?
> >
> > Does anyone know of resources about caret functionality?
> >
> > Jim
> > --
> > [image: http://www.tsbvi.edu] <http://www.tsbvi.edu>;Jim Allan,
> > Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
> > Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> > 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> > voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
> > "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
> > > > > > > > > >
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mike Warner < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 11:07:59 -0400
> Subject: [WebAIM] accessibility testers
> Hi all,
>
> to make sure that we've got everything as accessible as possible, I want to
> hire a couple of testers with different disabilities. I've been trying to
> get ahold of someone at the Perkins School, since they're local, but
> haven't heard back. Is anyone on this list a tester or can anyone
> recommend a tester?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mike Warner < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 11:13:16 -0400
> Subject: [WebAIM] superscript
> Hi all,
>
> during testing yesterday, I noticed that NVDA reads a superscript number,
> coded using the html sup tag, as just part of the whole number. For
> example: 2<sup>2</sup> is read as twenty two. Google searches tell me that
> JAWS reads them the same way. Is that true?
>
> There are three html entities for the common superscript numbers (1, 2, and
> 3), but what to do with any others so they're read correctly?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Olaf Drümmer" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 17:22:52 +0200
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] superscript
> First of all, I would check whether there are settings in NVDA (and JAWS)
> that may impact whether a superscript is presented as such or not. A good
> source in this regard is the NVDA mailing list.
>
> If it turns out NVDA (and / or JAWS) do not present HTML superscripts as
> such the story is simple: it needs to be fixed. Without further research
> though it is not obvious whether the API on which NVDA (or JAWS) are
> relying is insufficient, or whether NVDA (or JAWS) as such need to fix
> something.
>
>
> Olaf
>
>
> On 5 May 2015, at 17:13, Mike Warner < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > during testing yesterday, I noticed that NVDA reads a superscript number,
> > coded using the html sup tag, as just part of the whole number. For
> > example: 2<sup>2</sup> is read as twenty two. Google searches tell me
> that
> > JAWS reads them the same way. Is that true?
> >
> > There are three html entities for the common superscript numbers (1, 2,
> and
> > 3), but what to do with any others so they're read correctly?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > > > > > > > >
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Birkir R. Gunnarsson" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 12:02:57 -0400
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] accessibility testers
> I think that Knowbility does some accessibility / usability testing
> services.
> At least I have provided feedback for one or two.
> You might want to check to see if that would meet your needs.
> If you go a few weeks back, there is a thread about accessibility
> expert groups that are popping up all over the country. Depending on
> where you live, this might help you get in touch with a local a11y
> person who could help direct you to a good local resource.
> hth
> -B
>
>
> On 5/5/15, Mike Warner < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > to make sure that we've got everything as accessible as possible, I want
> to
> > hire a couple of testers with different disabilities. I've been trying
> to
> > get ahold of someone at the Perkins School, since they're local, but
> > haven't heard back. Is anyone on this list a tester or can anyone
> > recommend a tester?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > > > > > > > > >
>
>
> --
> Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Ricardo Sánchez Velázquez" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 18:57:53 +0200
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] superscript
>
> Mike:
>
> If font attributes report is enabled in Document Formatting settings, NVDA
> reads superscript and subscript in Word documents but not in HTML documents.
>
> Regards.
> Ricardo
>
> -----Mensaje original----- From: Mike Warner
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 5:13 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] superscript
>
> Hi all,
>
> during testing yesterday, I noticed that NVDA reads a superscript number,
> coded using the html sup tag, as just part of the whole number. For
> example: 2<sup>2</sup> is read as twenty two. Google searches tell me that
> JAWS reads them the same way. Is that true?
>
> There are three html entities for the common superscript numbers (1, 2, and
> 3), but what to do with any others so they're read correctly?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
From: Broyles, Cristopher
Date: Tue, May 05 2015 5:20PM
Subject: Re: accessibility testers
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Hi, Mike,
My name is Cristopher Broyles, and I am the Director of Digital Accessibility at Perkins. I lead the accessibility testing team.
I am sorry no one at Perkins reconnected with you. Who did you reach out to initially, if I may ask?
I would be interested in learning more about your project/chatting with you.
Thanks,
Cristopher D. Broyles
Director of Digital Accessibility
Perkins Solutions
Office N214 Grousbeck Center Students and Technology
175 N. Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
http://www.perkins.org
617-972-7804 (office)
352-989-1696 (cell)
From: Mike Warner [ = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 11:07 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] accessibility testers
Hi all,
to make sure that we've got everything as accessible as possible, I want to
hire a couple of testers with different disabilities. I've been trying to
get ahold of someone at the Perkins School, since they're local, but
haven't heard back. Is anyone on this list a tester or can anyone
recommend a tester?
Thanks,
Mike
From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Wed, May 06 2015 9:05AM
Subject: Re: accessibility testers
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Mark - have you contacted:
Cristopher D. Broyles
Director of Digital Accessibility
Perkins Solutions
175 N. Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
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http://www.perkins.org
617-972-7804 (office)
352-989-1696 (cell)
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