accessibility

Windows OS running in accessibility mode?

How can we detect in Windows OS is running in accessibility mode? What we basically need to check if a user has turned on any accessibility feature when launching an application. Thoughts? ...

How important is Section 508 and/or WCAG compliance in your website? Is your website compliant?

How important is compliance with the various accessibility guidelines when developing a website, especially if you don't know who will be using your site? Using the HiSoftware Cynthia Says Portal, I actually checked StackOverflow and found that there are only a few warnings for Section 508 compliance, so I would assume that it is easie...

Good how-to's for acessibility in WPF/XAML?

I'm building a WPF app and I'm tyring to find information or a walk through on how to make it accessible for screen readers. I've trawled through MSDN and found some articles regarding UI Automation (UIA). Basically I found a lot of "okay, this is UIA! it's used for testing but also accessibility" but nothing along the lines of "this is ...

SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 - Accessibility Guidlelines

Does anyone know if the html output from SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 is accessible in terms of the WCAG 1.0 or 2.0 ...

SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 - Generated HTML - Standards Compliance

Looking for guidance as to the standards compliance of the generated html by reporting services e.g. XHTML, CSS, WCAG etc ...

Silverlight that degrades to html

I am interested in creating a website entirely in silverlight (personal reasons) but I don't want people who don't yet have silverlight (a good many) to have to install a plugin just to view my site. The solution I am leaning towards is to start with a flat html/css version of the site and present the silverlight version only to people w...

Zoom Loupe on UIImageView

Does anyone know of a way to implement the zoom loupe functionality of a UITextField on the iphone in a UIImage view? Part of the app I'm building allows a user to draw a line on a UIImage, a process that might involve precision positioning of the points. In order to help the user, I want to provide the zoom loupe as seen when positioni...

'Phone' style password entry with javascript

I am looking to improve the accessibility of a site for very young children. As their keyboard skills are quite poor, we get alot of complaints that entering passwords without being able to see the characters is too hard for them. I wouldn't like to have a password completely unmasked but I was thinking of maybe using the cell phone sty...

Should I use <button> or <a>, submitting a styled web form

For my html form, it seems that I'm unable to create cross browser hover and pressed states for <button>. I really want this as it creates good user feedback (and a polished look and feel). With <a> it's easy to do, but it breaks accessibility rules. What should I do? As requested, an example: <form name="contact" action="index.php"...

ASP.NET MVC Ajax - Is it possible to execute a -GENERATED- Ajax link with keyboard input?

Is anybody able to -execute- a generated Ajax.ActionLink when a user presses a key on the keyboard? (This is needed for accessibility) NOTE: I'm using ASP.NET MVC + Microsoft Js libraries (...Ajax.js / ...MvcAjax.js) + jQuery Javascript to capture keypress (IE + Firefox) $(document).keypress(function(event) { if(event.keyCode == 2...

Which keyCodes kan I safely use to make my website accessible?

Hi, update: Got a beautiful app with exclusive shortcuts for every view, all javascript. I'm gonna look into Fogbugz, i like the hovering shortcut-codes, thanks for the reference. i want to make my site accessible and more usable for visitors. Which keyCodes can I safely use to handle certain javascript actions? With safely I mean: ...

Getting technical data through API's

I have a friend who’s blind that does some stock trading. Unfortunately all the technical indicators such as moving average, resistance, and support levels are shown in charts on the major discount brokerage sites as well as most other stock sites. It’s possible to find this information in text form online but as far as I can tell there’...

Accessible textbox

I have an HTML page with many textboxes. I have to label them for accessibility purpose.But, i don't want label to visible.Is it possible? Or, is there any other design alternative? ...

JavaScript and Jaws Screenreader

I'm embarking on a project where accessibility to WCAG 2.0 and the ability to use the web application in the JAWS screenreader are key requirements. I'm looking for insights as to how JAWS treats Javascript, is it a complete no go or is JAWS smart enough to cope!? ...

What is the use of AccessibleContext in Java Swing?

Hello! I've seen a lot of examples which use getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(...) to set some "magic" description. What is the use of this description? Where can it be seen and how should it support accessibility? Why setDescription(...) is not used? Additionally, what is your opinion / experience with Java accessibil...

Microsoft Active Accessibility super sloooww when enumerating controls. Help!

I am using active accessibility framework to enumerate all the controls for a given program. Problem is that when I traverse the tree of controls, it takes forever on complex applications like explorer or visual studio. Simple applications take about a second but large ones with lots of controls can take 10 seconds. Anyone experience thi...

Firing Postback in ASP.NET Without javascript

Is this possible? EDIT I want to user the asp:ListView List item I want to use it for editing I dont want the postback to use Javascript when I put it into the edit mode I've been trying to use a to do this instead of a link button but to no avail. . ...

What’s the correct scope value to use for an HTML th table cell than spans several columns?

Say you’ve got an HTML table, with a th cell that spans several columns, e.g. <table> <tr> <th colspan="3" scope="?">Scores</th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="col">English</th> <th scope="col">Maths</th> <th scope="col">Science</th> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>16</td> <t...

Setting value of AXTextField programmatically (OS X Cocoa Accessibility API).

I'm using the Cocoa Accessibility API to try and modify the value of a text field (AXTextField) in another application, but I've run into a problem: my code correctly identifies and modifies the contents of the text field in question, and the text of the field visibly changes, but the changes aren't registered by the program I'm trying t...

Immutable Objects in Java and Accessing Data

I've implemented a class in Java which, internally, stores a List. I want the class to be immutable. However, I need to perform operations on the internal data which don't make sense in the context of the class. Hence, I have another class which defines a set of algorithms. Here is a simplified example: Wrapper.java import java.uti...