[nfbcs] Making website accessible

[David Andrews]

Can you tab back into the page -- that sometimes works.

Dave

At 12:57 PM 12/2/2013, you wrote:
>The inhouse web designers in my office are creating a new website where we
>will be putting in all kinds of data on user requests.  I'm working with
>them to make sure it's accessible, and, so far, it's not.
>It works fine for a while, tabbing through fields and either typing or
>checking boxes or selecting from a combo box.  But, when I select myself
>as the assigned worker, the site refreshs, and Jaws says it's on the URL
>address from then on.  I have tried switching to the Jaws cursor, finding
>something inside the webpage, and yanking the cursor there using the
>braille display.  That trick usually works, but not in this case.  The
>only place I can yank the cursor to is a couple checkboxes at the end of
>the webpage, and I can't get back to the place I need to be to put in more
>information.
>Oddly enough, the sighted person helping me sees the cursor where it
>should be, but Jaws does not.
>The inhouse guys are very willing to fix it, but they're not sure what's
>happening, and neither am I.
>I told them about accessible web guidelines, somewhere on the internet.
>I'd be happy to pass along any ideas anyone might have.  I'm not a web
>designer, so don't know anything about what might be wrong.
>I am running Jaws 14 and IE8.  IE8 is still the most common IE here.
>I'm not even sure if it's a Jaws problem or a website pproblem.
>TIA.
>Tracy