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

Howard Kramer hkramer at ahead.org
Fri Mar 15 07:41:33 PDT 2013


Thanks Joe.

BTW - on the first item, the instructions are presented after login. I'll
address the other issues.

-Howard

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iupui.edu>wrote:


> Howard,****

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> You still need text-based instructions on how to identify required fields.

> (e.g., Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*) before the form

> label and are yellow) at the top of the page.****

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> It seems you have a warning in red at the top of the page, you might want

> to put the words “warning:” in the actual text and make it a heading.****

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> We have found this CSS works across multiple browsers to hide screen

> reading software accessible text:****

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> .auraltext {****

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> clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);****

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> height: 1px;****

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> overflow: hidden;****

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> position: absolute;****

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> width: 1px;****

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> }****

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> I would remove the “row #” from the past presentation labels since they

> are already in a table and that information might be repeated. (e.g., date

> of conference 1)****

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> These controls still have the aria:****

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> <INPUT type="checkbox" id="infores" name="infores" value="1"

> aria-labelledby="TopicInfo-ariaLabel">****

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> <INPUT type="radio" id="rad_consentaudio_no" name="consentaudio"

> value="0" aria-labelledby="consentaudio_no-ariaLabel">****

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> Besides my first suggestion, the form is very accessible and the other

> suggestions are minor. I hope you get lots of presentations J****

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> - Joe****

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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 6:27 PM

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> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network

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

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> Hmm - looks like I need to check those label names again.****

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> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:*

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> Hi Joe,****

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> I addressed the issues you mentioned as indicated below, in case you or

> someone else wants to check the corrections.****

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> Thanks,****

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> Howard****

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

> wrote:****

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> 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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> Now have * and yellow field to indicate required. ****

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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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> addressed via above ****

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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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> I added the legend. Looks nice too! ****

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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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> I didn't find this. The labels appear to be different and matching to

> the input id. In any case I test it with a screenreader and seems to work.

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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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> I added some "invisible" text to the labels for each radio button

> indicating general or main conference. I used the font size = 0px if

> anyone's interested. ****

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

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> Maybe I fixed it earlier and forgot but seems to be coded correctly when

> I just looked. ****

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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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> Added an "invisible" label for each field as per the length of session

> radio button labels above.****

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

> corresponding form control.****

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> I went through and think I've corrected all of these. ****

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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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> Removed the aria.****

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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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> Have not fixed this one yet. ****

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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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> Corrected this.****

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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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> ****

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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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> -- ****

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> Howard Kramer****

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> CO-PI - UDUC****

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> *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula

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> Lecturer, Cont. Ed - Evening & Cred Admin****

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> Howard Kramer****

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> Howard Kramer****

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> Conference Coordinator****

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> Accessing Higher Ground****

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Howard Kramer
Conference Coordinator
Accessing Higher Ground
303-492-8672
cell: 720-351-8668

AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability
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