accessibility

Set the accessibility attributes on UIBarButtonItem

I am working on making my iPhone app accessible. I have several UIBarButtonItem objects in Interface Builder, and I cannot find any option to set the accessibility label or hint for these buttons. How can I set these attributes? ...

How do screen readers handle modal windows?

Does anyone know how the various screen readers interact with a modal window, ie: Thickbox? Do the contents of the modal gain the reader's focus after they click on it? ...

WPF Colors - Accessibility considerations?

Many of the WPF examples and samples that I see seem to have hard-coded colors. These guidelines - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa350483.aspx suggest not hard coding colors. After building a small application I was disappointed to see that some of my hard-coded color choices made some sections of the application unusable when ...

Is   allowed to make space in terms of semantic, web standards and accessibility and cross browser compatibility?

Is   allowed to make space in terms of semantic, web standards and accessibility and cross browser compatibility? ...

Can we make Print button without JavaScript?

Can we make Print button without JavaScript? to open browser print window. ...

printer friendly page or print CSS....?

Is it better to make separate printer friendly page with "Click to print button" on main page or only print CSS is enough for accessibility and usability point of view? ...

How to make design for websites in Photoshop, according to WCAG 2.0 color contrast guideline?

What points should I keep in mind while designing. How we can make good design while keeping in mind color related Accessibility guideline of WCAG 2.0? ...

Is there a way to show alt="text" as a mouseover tooltip in firefox like IE does automatically?

I don't want to repeat alt text in title again? is this possible with any javascript , jquery, css solution? or any solution which can disable to show alt=text and enable title=texr and as a tooltip? ...

How to write good alt text for images to help screen reader and blind user to understand what is picture about ?

How to write good alt text for images to help screen reader and blind user to understand what is picture about ? and if we are using Alt text then what should be in a Title="text" if we are using both in special cases like menu images etc ...

What is the limit of character to use in alt="text" according to WCAG 2.0?

What is the limit of character to use in alt="text" according to WCAG 2.0? ...

Breaking CAPTCHAs for a Noble Purpose

CAPTCHAs that ask users to read distorted text are fine for sighted people, but a terrible barrier for those who are blind or have other disabilities. Audio alternatives are occasionally available but still don't help those who are both deaf and blind and can be hard to use with a screenreader (which is already reading words to you). Th...

How can I communicate with my cousin when she can only move her eyes?

I apologies if this is not programming-related enough. To keep the non-programming part short: My cousin was just admitted into intensive care with Guillain Barre and is deteriorating. She will (likely) recover physically in a couple of months, but is suffering from extreme depression and panic attacks as she is essentially stuck in a sh...

Are there any guidelines as to when links should open in a new window?

Do the WCAG or W3C provide any guidelines regarding when hyperlinks should open in new windows? ...

Are javascript disabled users (which are very low in the world) is a topic of accessibility?

Are javascript disabled users (which are very low in the world) is a topic of accessibility? To make accessible everythig without javascript is more time consuming then to make site compatible for IE6. My question is actually how many people keeps javascript diabled in browser , and if it's very low percentage in the work then why we nee...

How Screen reader reads presentational tags of XHTML ?

How Screen reader behave with <hr> <b> <i> <big> <small> <br /> ? ...

display:none vs visibility:hidden vs text-indent:9999 How screen reader behave with each one ?

What is the difference between these three for screen reader users? ...

Why are table based sites bad for screen reader users?

How much easier is it for screen readers to handle <div> based websites as opposed to older <table> based websites, and why are they worse? ...

What are some methods of analyzing a website for user experience, usability, and accessibility?

I'm a recent graduate who is looking to get a job doing user experience. Next week, I have a technical interview in which I will be given a website and will have to talk about its usability issues as well as come up with ways of improving the user experience. I feel I have the natural skills to do this and have been doing a fair amount o...

How do I control the text input panel programmatically (tabtip.exe) in windows vista/7.

Hi, I'm adapting an application for touch screen interface and we're want to use the tablet text input panel included in windows vista/7, specifically its keyboard. I want to show and hide it as appropriate for my app. Basically I want ShowKeyboad() and HideKeyboard() functions. What's the best way to control this. I looked at the ITex...

If i have same navigation on 2 places in every page , one is in dropdown and again is in left sider bar will it create difficulties for screen reader user?

If i have same navigation on 2 places in every page , one is in dropdown and again is in left sider bar will it create difficulties for screen reader user? ...