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From: Tomlins Diane
Date: Thu, May 04 2017 10:19AM
Subject: e-magazine - accessibility
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I was sent this example of an e-magazine type browser app: http://xeroxigen5press.freeflowdp.com/xeroxigen5press/9364895993167985?pg=NaN#pgNaN , and asked to review it for accessibility. The vendor claims it's accessible.. but from what I found testing with KB and NVDA, well, IMO it leaves a lot to be desired - You can navigate it, but it's not a good experience. Using just a kb, it is painfully difficult to navigate. NVDA is only marginally better, it is still tedious to navigate. If I had to try to use this, I think I'd give up in frustration before getting past the first page, let alone getting through the whole thing! If you zoom in to read the text, then you get horizontal scrolling and you can't scroll using the kb. If you finally get to the 'Open Article' tab/link, it opens a modal-type window that is at least readable, but there's nothing to indicate that's what you need to do. With NVDA (I don't have JAWS), if you don't use the Open Article functionality, then these pages are just all images.
Anyone have any experience with these types of applications?? Am I being overly critical?
Our folks want to use this for a newsletter to go out to the public. :-/
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and input.
Diane R Tomlins
HCA IT&S | Digital Media
Accessibility SME
From: Chaals is Charles McCathie Nevile
Date: Thu, May 04 2017 4:38PM
Subject: Re: e-magazine - accessibility
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No you are not being too harsh, the thing really is a nightmare.
IMHO.
cheers
On 04/05/17 18:19, Tomlins Diane wrote:
> I was sent this example of an e-magazine type browser app: http://xeroxigen5press.freeflowdp.com/xeroxigen5press/9364895993167985?pg=NaN#pgNaN , and asked to review it for accessibility. The vendor claims it's accessible.. but from what I found testing with KB and NVDA, well, IMO it leaves a lot to be desired - You can navigate it, but it's not a good experience. Using just a kb, it is painfully difficult to navigate. NVDA is only marginally better, it is still tedious to navigate. If I had to try to use this, I think I'd give up in frustration before getting past the first page, let alone getting through the whole thing! If you zoom in to read the text, then you get horizontal scrolling and you can't scroll using the kb. If you finally get to the 'Open Article' tab/link, it opens a modal-type window that is at least readable, but there's nothing to indicate that's what you need to do. With NVDA (I don't have JAWS), if you don't use the Open Article functionality, then these pages are just all images.
>
> Anyone have any experience with these types of applications?? Am I being overly critical?
>
> Our folks want to use this for a newsletter to go out to the public. :-/
>
> Thanks in advance for your thoughts and input.
>
> Diane R Tomlins
> HCA IT&S | Digital Media
> Accessibility SME
>
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Charles McCathie Nevile - standards - Yandex
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From: L Snider
Date: Thu, May 04 2017 5:28PM
Subject: Re: e-magazine - accessibility
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Has anyone ever found one of these that is accessible (or way more
accessible)?
Today, there must be something out there?
Cheers
Lisa
On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Chaals is Charles McCathie Nevile <
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> No you are not being too harsh, the thing really is a nightmare.
>
> IMHO.
>
> cheers
>
>
>
> On 04/05/17 18:19, Tomlins Diane wrote:
>
>> I was sent this example of an e-magazine type browser app:
>> http://xeroxigen5press.freeflowdp.com/xeroxigen5press/936489
>> 5993167985?pg=NaN#pgNaN , and asked to review it for accessibility. The
>> vendor claims it's accessible.. but from what I found testing with KB and
>> NVDA, well, IMO it leaves a lot to be desired - You can navigate it, but
>> it's not a good experience. Using just a kb, it is painfully difficult to
>> navigate. NVDA is only marginally better, it is still tedious to navigate.
>> If I had to try to use this, I think I'd give up in frustration before
>> getting past the first page, let alone getting through the whole thing! If
>> you zoom in to read the text, then you get horizontal scrolling and you
>> can't scroll using the kb. If you finally get to the 'Open Article'
>> tab/link, it opens a modal-type window that is at least readable, but
>> there's nothing to indicate that's what you need to do. With NVDA (I don't
>> have JAWS), if you don't use the Open Article functionality, then these
>> pages are just all images.
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with these types of applications?? Am I being
>> overly critical?
>>
>> Our folks want to use this for a newsletter to go out to the public. :-/
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your thoughts and input.
>>
>> Diane R Tomlins
>> HCA IT&S | Digital Media
>> Accessibility SME
>>
>> >> >> >> >>
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> Charles McCathie Nevile - standards - Yandex
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From: L Snider
Date: Tue, May 16 2017 7:43AM
Subject: Re: e-magazine - accessibility
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Hi Everyone,
I found this site that says they have a 100% accessible flip book or
e-magazine:
http://www.publispeak.com/en/flipbook/an-accessible-solution/
Anyone use them? It looks like you need to host your content with them?
Any other scripts you know of? I have been looking for a while and have
only found an HTML 5 script that could be customized...but not much more.
Any recommendations?
Cheers
Lisa
On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 6:28 PM, L Snider < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Has anyone ever found one of these that is accessible (or way more
> accessible)?
>
> Today, there must be something out there?
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Chaals is Charles McCathie Nevile <
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> No you are not being too harsh, the thing really is a nightmare.
>>
>> IMHO.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>>
>>
>> On 04/05/17 18:19, Tomlins Diane wrote:
>>
>>> I was sent this example of an e-magazine type browser app:
>>> http://xeroxigen5press.freeflowdp.com/xeroxigen5press/936489
>>> 5993167985?pg=NaN#pgNaN , and asked to review it for accessibility. The
>>> vendor claims it's accessible.. but from what I found testing with KB and
>>> NVDA, well, IMO it leaves a lot to be desired - You can navigate it, but
>>> it's not a good experience. Using just a kb, it is painfully difficult to
>>> navigate. NVDA is only marginally better, it is still tedious to navigate.
>>> If I had to try to use this, I think I'd give up in frustration before
>>> getting past the first page, let alone getting through the whole thing! If
>>> you zoom in to read the text, then you get horizontal scrolling and you
>>> can't scroll using the kb. If you finally get to the 'Open Article'
>>> tab/link, it opens a modal-type window that is at least readable, but
>>> there's nothing to indicate that's what you need to do. With NVDA (I don't
>>> have JAWS), if you don't use the Open Article functionality, then these
>>> pages are just all images.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any experience with these types of applications?? Am I being
>>> overly critical?
>>>
>>> Our folks want to use this for a newsletter to go out to the public. :-/
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your thoughts and input.
>>>
>>> Diane R Tomlins
>>> HCA IT&S | Digital Media
>>> Accessibility SME
>>>
>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>
>>
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>> Charles McCathie Nevile - standards - Yandex
>> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = - Find more at http://yandex.com
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