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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Sun, Aug 28 2022 3:34AM
Subject: Access to web information using a keyboard
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On 28/08/2022 10:28, PATIENCE AGABIRWE via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
> Dear All,My name is Patience from Uganda. I am currently working on the accessibility of a university website for students with visual impairment. Through interviews, students with visual impairment complained that the university website was inaccessible by the keyboard. I have integrated WAVE in google chrome, and I have all other accessibility errors and alerts of the university website as produced by WAVE, but I seem not to know how I check the keyboard accessibility of the university website. I will be grateful for your kind help.

You will actually need to test manually by attempting to use the site
using the keyboard. These sorts of interactive aspects can not be
(easily) tested with automated tools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahDuaWKSGZA

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Sun, Aug 28 2022 3:36AM
Subject: Re: Access to web information using a keyboard
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On 28/08/2022 10:34, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> You will actually need to test manually by attempting to use the site
> using the keyboard. These sorts of interactive aspects can not be
> (easily) tested with automated tools.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahDuaWKSGZA

Also this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vu7suz8MTV8&list=PLTqm2yVMMUKVxQ6eYth4_vvbM3IcrSPlk&index=3

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From: PATIENCE AGABIRWE
Date: Sun, Aug 28 2022 3:42AM
Subject: Re: Access to web information using a keyboard
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Thank you very much Patrick. The resources you have provided will be helpful.
Kind regards,Patence 

People are different - and new technology must take that into account!MediaLT

On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 12:36:38 PM GMT+3, Patrick H. Lauke < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

On 28/08/2022 10:34, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> You will actually need to test manually by attempting to use the site
> using the keyboard. These sorts of interactive aspects can not be
> (easily) tested with automated tools.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahDuaWKSGZA

Also this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vu7suz8MTV8&list=PLTqm2yVMMUKVxQ6eYth4_vvbM3IcrSPlk&index=3

--
Patrick H. Lauke

https://www.splintered.co.uk/ | https://github.com/patrickhlauke
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From: Mobley, Mary Lou
Date: Mon, Aug 29 2022 8:02AM
Subject: Re: Access to web information using a keyboard
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Hi, Patience,

You may also want to view our videos on manual testing and a lot of other topics related to website accessibility for universities and other entities in the educational sector: www.adata.org/OCR-videos. I hope they are helpful to you.

Thanks,
-Mary Lou Mobley
Co-Lead, National Digital Access Team
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
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From: Hayman, Douglass
Date: Mon, Aug 29 2022 9:36AM
Subject: Re: - Access to web information using a keyboard
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Patience,

Check out the steps suggested in this Webaim resource:

https://webaim.org/resources/evalquickref/#keyboard

It is good to know how to use tab and those other core keyboard only keys to navigate a web page.

You may also want to try out the ANDI testing tool used in the federal Trusted Tester program here in the US. It is free and has video links on how to try the various components. Works with multiple browsers on Mac and Windows:

https://www.ssa.gov/accessibility/andi/help/install.html

Using the "focusable elements" mode then the previous/next buttons with ANDI you can see the status of each element you land upon to get more information about problems with accessibility.

Also watch for parts of the web site where upon activation, modals and dialogue boxes appear to see if you can fully navigate through those as well. Does keyboard focus remain with those or disappear (visually) to parts of the site underneath those? Does the keyboard focus get trapped in one area where the user cannot use the keyboard to escape that trap?

Doug Hayman
IT Accessibility Coordinator
Information Technology
Olympic College
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