Re: testing the CanvasEditor attachment with JAWS12 and IE9 beta (was: Reworked Canvas 2D API using our revised DrawFocusRing)

ARIA works fine on HTML 4. HTML 5 will have some restrictions. I think the
problem is related to the labelling. Either IE (API Mapping) or JAWS is not
dealing with this properly. Also the checkbox in HTML 4 is in quotes unlike
in html 5. I don't know if that is an issue.

Rich Schwerdtfeger
CTO Accessibility Software Group



From:	Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>
To:	Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
Cc:	"Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>,
            "david.bolter@gmail.com" <david.bolter@gmail.com>,
            "janina@rednote.net" <janina@rednote.net>, "jcraig@apple.com"
            <jcraig@apple.com>, "public-canvas-api@w3.org"
            <public-canvas-api@w3.org>
Date:	11/24/2010 02:49 PM
Subject:	Re: testing the CanvasEditor attachment with JAWS12 and IE9
            beta (was: Reworked  Canvas 2D API using our revised
            DrawFocusRing)



Do they support role/other ARIA attributes which would make the example
work? Of course I want their support for HTML 5, but I've always got an eye
out for workarounds when it comes to installed client software.





On Nov 24, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>
wrote:



      Hi Gregory,

      Thanks for giving it a spin. I think I know the main problem. We are
      using the HTML 5 labelling mechanism:

      <label><input type=checkbox id=showA> Show As</label>
      <label><input type=checkbox id=showB> Show Bs</label>

      versus the standard:

      <input type="checkbox" id="foo" />
      <label for="foo">Show As</label>

      So, either IE does not map the accessibility API properly or JAWS
      simply does not handle this. I will send the example off to Freedom
      Scientific. Freedom Scientific does not yet support HTML 5 in their
      products.

      Rich


      Rich Schwerdtfeger
      CTO Accessibility Software Group
      [attachment "atta2fvp.binary" deleted by Richard
      Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM] "Gregory J. Rosmaita" ---11/24/2010
      12:30:50 PM---aloha, rich! using IE9 beta and JAWS 12 (latest
      official release) i can minimally

      From: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
      To: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, public-canvas-api@w3.org
      Cc: david.bolter@gmail.com, jcraig@apple.com, janina@rednote.net
      Date: 11/24/2010 12:30 PM
      Subject: testing the CanvasEditor attachment with JAWS12 and IE9 beta
      (was: Reworked Canvas 2D API using our revised DrawFocusRing)





      aloha, rich!

      using IE9 beta and JAWS 12 (latest official release) i can minimally
      access the contents of

      http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-canvas-api/2010OctDec/att-
      0035/CanvasEditor.html

      1. when i issue a ReadAll command, i hear: "Show As Show Bs";

      2. when i tab navigate to the document via the IE9 chrome, i hear:
      "Show As Show Bs";

      3. when i tab navigate the document itself, i hear: "Show As" -- a
      subsequent tab does not cause JAWS to announce the second item in
      the canvas ("show Bs")

      3A. if i tab navigate the document itself, whilst nothing is
      announced
      when i tab a second time, a DownArrow causes JAWS to speak "Show Bs";

      4. the checkboxes which the document source indicates should be
      included
      in the canvas element are totally invisible to JAWS;

      5. i could not determine if pressing the SPACEBAR while on 1 of the 2

      checkboxes activated the checkbox;

      6. i could not use JAWS' checkbox hot key (x) to access either
      checkbox;

      7. using the "List of Form Controls" command (INSERT+F5) i received a

      list of two items:

      check box not checked
      check box not checked

      but only the existence and state of the checkboxes are reported, not
      their labels ("Show As" and "Show Bs"); when i attempted to select
      one of the checkboxes using this mechanism, a recheck of the "list
      of form controls" indicated that the checkbox remained unchecked

      7A. i could not activate either checkbox using the "List of Form
      Controls"

      let me know if you want/need more testing

      hope this helps, gregory.
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