RE: JavaScript and Screen Readers

Thanks for the info. Window-Eyes seems to be the key. I'm looking more into
it. Do you use JS?

Sincerely,
Ryan Jean
Assistant IT Specialist
The Disability Network
Flint, MI


-----Original Message-----
From: David Dorward [mailto:david@dorward.me.uk] 
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:20 AM
To: Ryan Jean; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: Re: JavaScript and Screen Readers


On 18 Aug 2008, at 14:38, Ryan Jean wrote:

> Due to my recent issues with JavaScript and screen readers <snip>

> I'm also going to contact Java on the matter.

You seem to have gotten hold of the wrong stick, so I'll just lay out  
a little background that I hope will help you talk to the right people.

Java is a programming language, almost entirely unrelated to  
JavaScript. Sun Microsystems (who own Java) have very little to do  
with JavaScript, which is driven mostly by browser vendors.

Most of the accessibility issues relating to it are caused by the way  
programs written in JS manipulate the DOM (which is a set of W3C  
recommendations), and work is already underway to improve things there  
(primarily with http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria /
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Accessible_DHTML 
  ).

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David Dorward
http://dorward.me.uk/
http://blog.dorward.me.uk/

Received on Monday, 18 August 2008 14:39:36 UTC