Re: QR Code Sugguestions

Scanning QR codes is very hard or sometimes impossible for people with
motor disabilities, as  they may have devices mounted on the
wheelchairs, and in addition typing may not be very easy at the same
time.

For screen reader users it would help if the QR code have some alt
text, but they may or may not be able to correctly point the device
camera to the QR code.

Typing down the URL is a workable alternate but certainly not very easy.

One solution to this could be to have an option to get the URL as text
or email, so that typing could be avoided, and people could proceed by
clicking on it instead without having to move or orient their device
in a certain way.

Thanks!
Ajay

On 3/4/21, John Foliot <john@foliot.ca> wrote:
> +1 to Jon with one caveat: if you are planking on using a shortened URL, be
> sure you have that under your complete control  (a study in May 2012 showed
> that 61% of URL shorteners had shut down (614 of 1002)).
>
> Additionally, some URL shortening service providers have found themselves
> on spam blacklists, because of the use of their redirect services by sites
> trying to bypass those very same blacklists.
>
> JF
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 9:29 AM Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@levelaccess.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In most cases I find a QR code along with a short link.  This allows
>> people to enter the url if they can't or don't know how to use the QR
>> code.  The QR code is great for people who can't see the url - but
>> finding
>> the QR code and getting the camera positioned correctly can be a
>> challenge.  The QR is helpful for folks where typing the url would be
>> difficult due to motor or memory challenges as well.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
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>> Subject: Re: QR Code Sugguestions
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>> On 04/03/2021 13:55, Savage, Angela (ITS) wrote:
>> > I was wondering if anyone has suggestions on how to make QR codes
>> > accessible or if they can be made accessible at all? I did some
>> > research
>> > and the best suggestion I have found is to describe what happens when
>> > scanning the qr code and providing a url to activate the action like
>> > you
>> > would when scanning the qr code. Any suggestions will be greatly
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>>
>>
>> This feels the wrong way round to me.  Surely QR codes should be an
>> alternative to the link, for convenience, not the primary construct.
>>
>>
>>
>

Received on Friday, 5 March 2021 00:30:44 UTC