[nfbcs] Sad attempt at an accessible form- Please offer suggestions

[William Grussenmeyer]

I tried it out.  it seemed pretty accessible.  but I was having
trouble with the check boxes too.  when I hit tab it was also moving
the paragraph indening which is why it is saying 3 inches, etc.  That
number is the indent of the paragraph.  Other than that I was able to
use the  combo boxes just fine.

On 8/21/15, Misty Williams via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Good news! It appears it was the JAWS settings on the testing computer. I
> still don't know which setting, but that issue has been resolved. I would
> still appreciate any input, since this was my first attempt.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Misty Williams
> via nfbcs
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 10:34 AM
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Misty Williams
> Subject: [nfbcs] Sad attempt at an accessible form- Please offer
> suggestions
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I tried to use a combination of Google, Word help, and some of a Freedom
> Scientific training article to create my first accessible form in Word for
> a
> co-worker. (Please keep in mind that I know nothing about making forms in
> Word, much less making them accessible, but I was trying to do a good
> thing.)  I have run into some issues and would appreciate any help you
> could
> offer.
>
> So Tab/Shift Tab works to navigate the fields. Alt and the Up/ Down arrow
> will open the drop-down lists, if applicable- which is not normal, but not
> too inconvenient. Using JAWS, I'm hearing the announcement of what the form
> field is for. I have it locked for editing, so users can only access the
> form fields. BUT, JAWS was reading some sort of "3.3 inches" when it starts
> reading the form field, which my co-worker found very distracting. I can't
> figure out if that is a JAWS setting, or something to do with Word, or how
> to fix it.  I have attached the form to see if anyone has any thoughts for
> improvements or tips for making accessible forms in an easier manner. Any
> help would be appreciated
>
>
>
>
>
> Misty Williams
>
>
>
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-- 
William Grussenmeyer
PhD Student, Computer Science
University of Nevada, Reno
NSF Fellow