[BlindMath] FW: [orca-list] A web-based accessible graphing calculator. Hurray!

[Shannon Pruitt]

Is Desmos working with any other screen readers? VoiceOver?

> On May 25, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Rasmussen, Lloyd via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> We've talked about the work from Desmos on this list before. It looks like the promise of universally-accessible web apps is beginning to be realized.
> 
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
> National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress
> Washington, DC 20542   202-707-0535
> http://www.loc.gov/nls/
> The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces at gnome.org] On Behalf Of Joanmarie Diggs
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:06 PM
> To: Orca List
> Subject: [orca-list] A web-based accessible graphing calculator. Hurray!
> 
> Hey all.
> 
> I am currently at the week-long Web Accessibility of Mathematics
> workshop at the American Institute of Mathematics. Just saw a demo of a
> web-based accessible graphing calculator. It works with Orca. Hurray!!
> https://www.desmos.com/calculator
> 
> Note that you'll probably want to toggle Orca's sticky focus mode on
> when using it because when you use the application's command to exit the
> entry and interact with the graph exploration utilities, the app gives
> the focus to some nameless button and that triggers Orca to switch back
> to browse mode. I've requested they add role="application" to the body
> element (like Google Docs does) which would prevent Orca from bouncing
> you out of focus mode. In the meantime, when I enabled sticky focus mode
> in Orca, the calculator worked quite well. I'm curious what you all think.
> 
> Happy graphing!
> --joanie
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