[Athen] Proposal form for AHG 2013 is up in test mode

[Howard Kramer]

Joe,

Thank you for that detailed feedback. I'll address those issues.

-Howard

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iupui.edu>wrote:


>  Answer: Yes you still need a label element with a fieldset/legend

> combination. Otherwise every form control would have the same label.****

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> The form accessibility issues that I found are:****

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> **·         **You don’t have instructions on how to identify required

> form controls for sighted users (without hovering over the form control).*

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> **·         **Required form controls are denoted in the title attribute.

> But since the form control has a label many assistive technology will not

> read the title unless specifically set to read it as well.****

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> **·         **Since you have the same form controls for both speakers,

> you have two form controls with the same label but different purposes.  You

> should make 1st speaker and 2nd speaker legends.****

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> **·         **The “1st speaker and 2nd” speaker radio buttons target the

> same label so they effectively have the same label.****

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> **·         **The “length of session” radio buttons leave out whether it

> is general or pre conference. (e.g., length of session 1-hr)****

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> **·         **The “type of presentation” radio buttons target the same

> label.****

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> **·         **All of your “if you have not presented…” input form

> controls in the table point to non-existent labels. Therefore, they are all

> labeled by the legend and have the same label.****

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> **·         **Some of your “for” attributes do not match the “id” on the

> corresponding form control.****

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> **·         **On most of your form controls you use both a label element

> and the aria-labelledby attribute.  This may cause some assistive

> technology to read the label twice.  I would suggest you use one or the

> other, preferably the label because its backwards compatible.****

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> Other issues:****

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> **·         **Your skip links are not accessible to sighted keyboard-only

> users and will not work with webkit browsers. (

> http://whatisdamon.com/blog/2012/01/why-your-skip-to-content-link-might-not-work/

> )****

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> **·         **Some of your “id” attributes are not valid because they

> start with numbers (e.g., 1hour-ariaLabel). (

> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#type-name)****

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> Joe Humbert, Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Specialist****

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> UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers****

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> Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington****

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> 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E****

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> Indianapolis, IN 46202****

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> Office Phone: (317) 274-4378****

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> Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824****

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> johumber at iupui.edu****

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> http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ <http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/>****

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> *From:* athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:

> athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Howard Kramer

> *Sent:* Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:40 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network

> *Subject:* [Athen] Proposal form for AHG 2013 is up in test mode****

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> Hello All:****

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> The form is up at: http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/proposalform.phpif anyone would like to try it out. You can submit real proposals. I don't

> want to advertise it to a larger audience until it's tested a bit.****

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> The form seems very accessible in my tests with JAWs with Firefox but JAWS

> with IE does not read the form controls correctly. Testing with achecker

> returns errors with missing labels even where I have labels.****

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> Question: with a legend tag are you still required to have a label tag.***

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> Any feedback is welcome.****

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> Thanks,****

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> Howard

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> Howard Kramer****

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> *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula

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Howard Kramer
Conference Coordinator
Accessing Higher Ground
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AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability
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