accessibility

Is Screen Reader Able To Read Web Page Dynamically Created by JavaScript?

I once thought screen reader for user with impaired eyesight can not read web page dynamically created by javascript, since I am educated to create web page that works even javascript is disabled. Recently, I'm told that screen reader can actually read web content dynamically created in AJAX web application. So, since screen reader c...

Menu key not working on Firefox and Chrome

I have a flex application that has to be accessible (keyboard navigation, screen readers, etc.). My problem is that the right click menu (context menu) that is displayed when you right click on the application is not available without using the mouse on certain browsers. I'm talking about the menu key on windows keyboards or the shift+F1...

Javascript event to detect a link being followed

Apart from the obvious onclick event handler, how can I detect if the user tabbed the link and hit enter or whatever other key/device that would make the link open? Also, is it possible to detect a middle mouse button click (defaults to open in new tab)? ...

Reading Disabled JButtons with JAWS

I have a requirement that disabled JButton be read by JAWS version 9. i.e. if I have a JButton with the text "True", it ought to be read something like "True, disabled button". But when I use setEnabled(false) it no longer participates in the tab focus sequence, and therefore never gets read. Is it possible to make a disabled JButton rea...

SVN : 500 internal server error on my repository access

Hi, (OS is Ubuntu Server) I create a new repository with SVN like that : $ svnadmin create myrepo --pre-1.6-compatible The first time, when I want to access in my new repository myrepo (with TortoiseSVN tool), I could reach in reading, but in writing, I couldn't (lock SVN message appears). So I found on forum post, a guy who recomma...

Using regular expressions to find img tags without an alt attribute

Hi I am going through a large website (1600+ pages) to make it pass Priority 1 W3C WAI. As a result, things like image tags need to have alt attributes. What would be the regular expression for finding img tags without alt attributes? If possible, with a wee explanation so I can use to find other issues. I am in an office with Visua...

Onclick and on keypress for standards compliance

I am working on a large website (1600+ pages) that needs upgrading to pass standards compliance. As a result, for every OnClick there has to be, say the Standards, an OnKeyPress handler, so that people not using a mouse can still access the content. Some tags have an onclick javascript handler. EG: <a onclick="doSumat();"> Is the f...

Calculate the x & y coords, width and height of specific piece of text inside a PDF document

On my website, I display uploaded PDF files in a flash player for my users to read. I already use various tools to extract the text and produce a serious of high quality images from the file and the system works well. The last piece of the puzzle is to be able to highlight specific parts of the document to help users with accessibility...

Accessibility classes - Android

I want to use the accessibility classes, but I'm a begginer in android programming and i can't understando how to use them. I don't find any example using these classes. Somebody can give me some use examples? Another thing... Can I set enable the Accessility mode in the emulator? Thanks (and sorry for my bad english). ...

Swing JFrame Responding to Native Window On Close Event

I have a Swing application which consists of a single JFrame set to Always On Top. When running under Windows, I use the following code to open the the native default email client and browser respectively: Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + Utils.formatMailtoUrl(to, subject, body)); Runtime.getRuntime()...