Re: Accessible Interactive Calendar recommendations

Thanks so much for the feedback!

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:57 PM, Bryan Garaventa <
bryan.garaventa@levelaccess.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I’m actually the one who programmed all of the WhatSock widgets archived
> here
>
> https://github.com/accdc/tsg
>
> (Along with everything else on WhatSock and all of the accessible repos at
> https://github.com/accdc?tab=repositories )
>
>
>
> My point in saying this is that I am totally blind, and all of these
> technologies are intentionally designed to be supported in the most common
> screen reader and browser combinations which is where I do my testing for
> all of these things. Also, I am perfectly happy to fix any issues that
> people do encounter, or explain further when there are breakdowns in levels
> of support in some assistive technologies if applicable.
>
>
>
> So if you could please list all of the accessibility issues that you are
> encountering with the WhatSock datepicker, such as the following, I would
> appreciate it.
>
> http://whatsock.com/tsg/Coding%20Arena/ARIA%20Date%20Pickers/ARIA%20Date%
> 20Picker%20(with%20Disabled%20Date%20Ranges)/demo.htm
>
>
>
> I have tested  this successfully across IE11, Firefox, and Chrome using
> JAWS 12 through 18 on Win 7 through 10, as well as the latest versions of
> NVDA going back three years in the same combinations, plus iOS VoiceOver in
> Safari on both the iPad and iPhone for touch device support. This too has
> been tested successfully by sighted Dragon users with voice commands to
> ensure accessibility there as well using standard voiced keyboard commands
> as expected.
>
>
>
> It’s always possible that I may have missed something, so please let me
> know which issues you are having difficulty with and I’ll be happy to
> provide more info or update the widget accordingly.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bryan
>
>
>
>
>
> Bryan Garaventa
>
> Accessibility Fellow
>
> Level Access, Inc.
>
> Bryan.Garaventa@LevelAccess.com
>
> 415.624.2709 <(415)%20624-2709> (o)
>
> www.LevelAccess.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Steve Green [mailto:steve.green@testpartners.co.uk]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 01, 2017 5:35 PM
> *To:* w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> *Subject:* RE: Accessible Interactive Calendar recommendations
>
>
>
> As I commented on Dennis’s article, most of those are totally inaccessible
> (at least for screen reader users) and there are issues with the only two
> that are usable at all. In fact, the more I test them, the more issues I
> find.
>
>
>
> I have tested lots of other date pickers too, but none are any better.
> Right now, my view is that there are none that you can just pick up and
> use, and most are not even fixable. The Deque and Whatsock ones might be
> fixable but I certainly don’t have the skills to do that.
>
>
>
> The problem is compounded by the fact that their behaviour varies greatly
> depending on not only which screen reader mode you navigate with inside the
> date picker (i.e. forms mode or virtual cursor mode), but it can also vary
> depending on how you entered the date picker (i.e. whether you tabbed in or
> used the arrow keys). There are a surprising number of variations that need
> to be tested.
>
>
>
> I have no doubt that some of the erroneous behaviours are caused by bugs
> in the assistive technologies rather than by incorrect coding, but my view
> is that developers have a responsibility to provide solutions that work
> with the currently available assistive technologies. It’s not satisfactory
> to say the code is fine because it would work with bug-free assistive
> technologies that don’t actually exist yet.
>
>
>
> Steve Green
>
> Managing Director
>
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Jennifer Sutton [mailto:jsuttondc@gmail.com <jsuttondc@gmail.com>]
>
> *Sent:* 01 December 2017 23:33
> *To:* w3c-wai-ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Accessible Interactive Calendar recommendations
>
>
>
> WAI folks:
>
>
>
> Here's a collection of date-pickers that Dennis  Lembree put together at
> one time. Hope it helps/gets you pointed in the right direction. See:
>
>
>
> http://www.webaxe.org/accessible-date-pickers/
>
>
>
> If folks have more to recommend, feel free to comment on his post (and
> here, too, of course).
>
>
>
> And for good measure, here's an article from Smashing Magazine that's
> about these, generally, rather than being accessibility-centric:
>
>
>
> https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/07/designing-perfect-
> date-time-picker/
>
>
>
> I double-checked Heydon Pickering's Inclusive components site, which lots
> of folks seem to be enjoying of late, but he hasn't worked on this
> component, yet:
>
> https://inclusive-components.design
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Jennifer
>
>
>
> On 12/1/2017 10:42 AM, Kelly Childs wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> Does anyone have a full accessible interactive calendar they recommend?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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>
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