[Blindtlk] Embedded calendars on travel booking websites

[Mark Tardif]

Do it the old-fashioned way with airlines, anyway, pick up the phone.  It's 
quicker and frankly less frustrating.  I know sometimes airlines are 
arrogant enough to think they should charge you a fee  for the privilege of 
talking to a live human being over the phone, but I have had that fee waived 
sometimes by manipulatively saying their web site is not accessible to a 
blind person.  It doesn't make me sound good, but sometimes you have to do 
what you have to do.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Arielle Silverman via blindtlk
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 12:02 AM
To: Mike Freeman ; Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: [Blindtlk] Embedded calendars on travel booking websites

Hi all,

Recently I've had problems booking travel on airline websites,
Greyhound, Amtrak, etc. because JAWS says the edit boxes for travel
dates are "read-only" and I can't find a way to enter my dates.
Sighted people tell me there is an embedded calendar where you're
supposed to click the dates you want to select, but JAWS either
pretends there's no calendar at all, or shows me the calendar but
nothing happens when I find the date I want and press enter on it.
This is starting to happen on formerly accessible sites and it is
driving me nuts! Does anyone know of any tricks to get around the
embedded calendars or to help JAWS figure out how to navigate them?
Thanks for any advice!
Arielle

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