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From: Dawn Budge
Date: Tue, Jan 25 2011 7:18AM
Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: How to test AJAX Calls
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Install a screenreader like nvda or JAWS demo and test what happens. You
may need to consider how the cursor gets to the content (ie do you need to
move the focus?) and force the virtual buffer to update if the content
isn't read out.
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From: "Nancy Johnson" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: 25 January 2011 14:04
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Subject: SPAM-LOW: [WebAIM] How to test AJAX Calls
What is the best way to test to see if AJAX calls are accessible to
screen readers?
Thanks
Nancy Johnson
From: Chris Heilmann
Date: Tue, Jan 25 2011 7:36AM
Subject: Re: How to test AJAX Calls
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On 25/01/2011 14:03, Nancy Johnson wrote:
> What is the best way to test to see if AJAX calls are accessible to
> screen readers?
>
Try them with a screen reader?
The Ajax call is not the issue - the notification once the data is back
that something changed in the document is. The best trick is to change a
hidden form field (for old screenreaders) and to use WAI-ARIA (for good
things). It is also important to shift the document focus.
I've put a lot of gotchas of Ajax in terms of UX and accessibility in
this article:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/10/some-things-you-should-know-about-ajax/
Enjoy,
Chris
From: Dylan Barrell
Date: Tue, Jan 25 2011 1:18PM
Subject: Re: How to test AJAX Calls
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Nancy,
Check out FireEyes. It has dynamic analysis that can be turned on to
test the accessibility of dynamic sites including sites that update
the page after doing
AJAX calls. It does things like monitor all content changes as well as
monitor focus and also checks for correct use of aria-live and role
attributes.
http://www.deque.com/products/worldspace-fireeyes
--Dylan
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> 1. Re: HTML 5 (sic) and A11y (Vlad Alexander (XStandard))
> 2. How to test AJAX Calls (Nancy Johnson)
> 3. Re: SPAM-LOW: How to test AJAX Calls (Dawn Budge)
> 4. Re: How to test AJAX Calls (Chris Heilmann)
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> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:21:21 -0800
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] HTML 5 (sic) and A11y
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> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:03:50 -0500
> Subject: [WebAIM] How to test AJAX Calls
> What is the best way to test to see if AJAX calls are accessible to
> screen readers?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nancy Johnson
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> From: "Dawn Budge"
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:14:31 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] SPAM-LOW: How to test AJAX Calls
> Install a screenreader like nvda or JAWS demo and test what happens. You
> may need to consider how the cursor gets to the content (ie do you need to
> move the focus?) and force the virtual buffer to update if the content
> isn't read out.
>
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> From: "Nancy Johnson" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Sent: 25 January 2011 14:04
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: SPAM-LOW: [WebAIM] How to test AJAX Calls
>
> What is the best way to test to see if AJAX calls are accessible to
> screen readers?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nancy Johnson
>
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Date: Thu, Jan 27 2011 1:39PM
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