Re: Question about accessible help

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Shaun:

Thanks so much for asking.  I think we'd need to see the HTML content 
that is generated.  There might be things around this that could be 
improved (e.g., making sure things are in a table with proper headings 
and such).

We might also try looking at other ways to get the same visual ease of 
use, but provide hints for the screen reader to say something.

Do you have some example HTML we could play with?

Will


Shaun McCance wrote:
> Please keep gnome-doc-list CC'd on replies.
>
> The documentation team was discussing using check marks in
> feature comparison tables in help documents, but we were
> worried about the accessibility impact.
>
> Without:
>   Service   Audio   Video
>   AIM       No      No
>   Jabber    Yes     Yes
>
> With:
>   Service   Audio   Video
>   AIM
>   Jabber    ✔       ✔
>
> Looking at it visually, the meaning is pretty clear.  And
> it's really much easier to scan.  And, well, it looks nice.
>
> But I'm afraid a screen reader will just say "AIM [pause]
> [pause] Jabber HEAVY CHECK MARK HEAVY CHECK MARK", which
> doesn't convey that much information.
>
> Can someone from the accessibility team give some guidance?
>
> --
> Shaun
>
>
>
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