Re: How to check visualizations in iframes

Thank you so much Mark for your input. This is very helpful. I just took a
quick look. Great way of making sure data is accessible.
I will do a closer look and try some experiments.
Thank you.

Best,
Mehrnaz

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 1:28 PM Urban, Mark (CDC/OCOO/OCIO) <fka2@cdc.gov>
wrote:

> For tableau, we’ve been mitigating the accessibility risk by providing
> contextual tables.  See
> https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/index.htm.
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> Note that the visualizations are in various stages of accessibility, as we
> learned from our mistakes and Tableau has made some improvements.
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> Regards,
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> *Mark D. Urban CDC/ATSDR Accessibility Program Manager*
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> Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
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> Office of the Chief Operating Officer (OCOO
> *) **Murban@CDC.gov* <Murban@CDC.gov>* | 919-541-0562 office *
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> [image: Office of the Chief Information Officer]
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> *From:* Mehrnaz Ahmadi <mahmadij@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:43 PM
> *To:* Steve Green <steve.green@testpartners.co.uk>
> *Cc:* w3c WAI List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Re: How to check visualizations in iframes
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> Thank you very much for your replies. I will use the suggestions. I worked
> on web apps before, but never had to review charts for accessibility.
> That's why I'm so clueless.
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> I don't have decision making power to use or not to use Tableau. So, I
> need to do what I can with what I have.
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> In their conference this year, Tableau mentioned that they have started
> applying accessibility into their components and they presented a list of
> components that are accessible now. Do you think that this is wishful
> thinking or it is actually making the software accessible?
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> Thanks
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> Mehrnaz
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> On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 6:39 PM Steve Green <
> steve.green@testpartners.co.uk> wrote:
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> Don’t bother. Tableau is totally inaccessible and unfixable. I happened to
> be looking at some visualisations for a client last week and I was
> horrified by the coding.
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> With most iframes, you can usually right-click the URL in the DOM
> Inspector and select “Open in new tab”. Testing tools will then work.
> However, I have come across a very small number of iframes that don’t work
> outside the host website – you just have to try it and see.
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> Steve Green
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> Managing Director
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> Test Partners Ltd
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> *From:* Mehrnaz Ahmadi <mahmadij@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 14 October 2020 15:15
> *To:* w3c WAI List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> *Subject:* How to check visualizations in iframes
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> Hello,
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> I just started a position as a BI Developer and part of my job is to check
> our tableau visualizations for accessibility. In the past, I used wave
> chrome extension, but wave doesn't seem to scan charts and visualizations
> since they are inside iframes. Would anyone know how I can check charts and
> visualizations for accessibility? Is there a tool for that? Any type of
> information is greatly appreciated.
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> Thank you very much.
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> Best,
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> Mehrnaz
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