Re: accessibility supported questions

would be interested in how these forms function with the open source
screen readers such as EMACspeak or Orca

Bob



On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Roger Hudson wrote:

> A highly experienced screen reader user and I recently reviewed a couple of
> PDF forms for compliance with WCAG 2. We started with the assumption that
> Adobe Reader 9.0 and Acrobat 8.1.2 are Accessibility Supported and then
> looked to see how well we could use the forms with JAWS 9.0 and Window Eyes
> 7.01.
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> The way these screen readers handled the forms threw up some interesting
> issues or questions.
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> WCAG 2 contains "testable" Success Criteria, which are normative, and there
> is a general belief that all testers will obtain the same or very similar
> results for the different Criteria. However we found considerable
> inconsistencies in the way some components of the forms behaved. For
> example, sometimes a particular button or checkbox would be reported and
> sometimes the same button/checkbox would be ignored. And often the status of
> buttons/checkboxes would not be correctly reported. In cases of inconsistent
> or unreliable performance what yardstick do you use to determine compliance?
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> And then, there is the problem of ensuring the 'testable' results are
> repeatable. If something does not perform consistently, I might test it and
> experience no problems but the next person might not be so lucky.
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> When it comes to determining Accessibility Supported technologies, who or
> how do we decide which version of a technology should we use as the
> reference point?
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> And, what happens when there are competing determinations about which
> technologies and technology versions should be deemed supported? This could
> be within a jurisdiction and across jurisdictions.
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> More information is available at
> http://www.dingoaccess.com/accessibility/accessibility-supported/
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> Thanks
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> Roger Hudson
>
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