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

[Bente Casile]

Yes, JAWS, NVDA, Voice Over. Follow link to see all options! Yeah for Desmos 👍

https://www.desmos.com/accessibility


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> On May 25, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Shannon Pruitt via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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