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From: Marc Sasinski
Date: Wed, Jul 12 2006 8:50AM
Subject: Accessible online surveys
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Hello:
I was hoping to get some guidance on dealing with accessibility issues with
respect to online surveys.
Through my research thus far, it appears that none of the major web-based
survey vendors are compliant (lots of javascripting usage, etc.) Those that
are compliant tend to offer software 'packages' that require a fairly
complicated install and technical hosting configurations.
If anyone has any best-practice suggestions or product recommendations for
conducting online surveys with visually-impaired users, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Marc
Marc Sasinski
User Experience Specialist
Centralis
2822 Central Street
Suite 100
Evanston, IL 60201
www.centralis.com
From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Wed, Jul 12 2006 1:50PM
Subject: Re: Accessible online surveys
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Here are some accessible survey coding examples:
http://html.cita.uiuc.edu/nav/forms.php
See examples 4 and 5
Jon
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>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:43:59 -0500
>From: "Marc Sasinski" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible online surveys
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>Hello:
>
>I was hoping to get some guidance on dealing with accessibility
issues with
>respect to online surveys.
>
>Through my research thus far, it appears that none of the major
web-based
>survey vendors are compliant (lots of javascripting usage, etc.)
Those that
>are compliant tend to offer software 'packages' that require a
fairly
>complicated install and technical hosting configurations.
>
>If anyone has any best-practice suggestions or product
recommendations for
>conducting online surveys with visually-impaired users, please
let me know.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Marc
>
>
>Marc Sasinski
>User Experience Specialist
>Centralis
>2822 Central Street
>Suite 100
>Evanston, IL 60201
>www.centralis.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
Jon Gunderson, Ph.D.
Director of IT Accessibility Services
Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
and
Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology
Disability Resources and Education Services (DRES)
Voice: (217) 244-5870
Fax: (217) 333-0248
Cell: (217) 714-6313
E-mail: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
WWW: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/
WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/
From: Mike Foskett
Date: Thu, Jul 13 2006 3:00AM
Subject: RE: Accessible online surveys
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Hi Jon,
I still have issue the title applied to the form itself.
Having "Form example 5" as a tool tip is in no way helpful and is certainly not "best practice".
It will cause confusion when applied to a real form.
The radio and checkbox examples still do not activate when the label is clicked on in IE.
<label for="q93648"><input value="A" name="q93648" id="q93648" type="checkbox"> Checkbox option 1 label</label>
Repairs the issue. IE should not be ignored in such a casual manner.
As stated previously the unusual, non w3c standard, tabindex approach requires proof that it is of benefit.
Otherwise stick with the standards. It's difficult enough to get major browsers and assistive technologies to conform already.
The lack of fieldset around groups of controls, e.g. questions 6, is also dubious, though the containing table is marked-up well.
While many of the methods deployed here are well developed there are too many issues present to warrant the document title "Best Practices".
Please consider revising the document.
Regards
Mike
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Mike Foskett
Web Standards, Accessibility & Testing Consultant
Communications
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta)
Milburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry CV4 7JJ
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Tel: 02476 416994 Ext 3342 [Tuesday - Thursday]
Fax: 02476 411410
http://www.becta.org.uk
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessible online surveys
Here are some accessible survey coding examples:
http://html.cita.uiuc.edu/nav/forms.php
See examples 4 and 5
Jon
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>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:43:59 -0500
>From: "Marc Sasinski" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible online surveys
>To: < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>
>
>Hello:
>
>I was hoping to get some guidance on dealing with accessibility
issues with
>respect to online surveys.
>
>Through my research thus far, it appears that none of the major
web-based
>survey vendors are compliant (lots of javascripting usage, etc.)
Those that
>are compliant tend to offer software 'packages' that require a
fairly
>complicated install and technical hosting configurations.
>
>If anyone has any best-practice suggestions or product
recommendations for
>conducting online surveys with visually-impaired users, please
let me know.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Marc
>
>
>Marc Sasinski
>User Experience Specialist
>Centralis
>2822 Central Street
>Suite 100
>Evanston, IL 60201
>www.centralis.com
>
>
>
>
> Address list
>messages to = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
Jon Gunderson, Ph.D.
Director of IT Accessibility Services
Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) and Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Disability Resources and Education Services (DRES)
Voice: (217) 244-5870
Fax: (217) 333-0248
Cell: (217) 714-6313
E-mail: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
WWW: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/
WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/
From: John Middleton
Date: Thu, Jul 13 2006 8:00AM
Subject: Re: Accessible online surveys
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For the sake of guidance there is AForm
<http://www.atutor.ca/aform/index.php>;.
Accessibility feature from Web page says: "Forms created with AForm
conform with WCAG and Section 508 accessibility specifications."
http://www.atutor.ca/aform/index.php
Personally I create survey form scripts by hand using PERL or PHP
scripting, quite a bit more involved.
Regards,
John
>Hello:
>I was hoping to get some guidance on dealing with accessibility
>issues with respect to online surveys.