[NFBCS] Accessibility Overlays, what are they and can someone elaborate on them?

[Curtis Chong]

Brian:

 

In Windows, an alert appears which says:

 

" To use the website in screen-reader mode - click Alt+1. Stop this message
with Alt+0."

 

This is the second website I have encountered which generates this alert.
The other site is www.eset.com <http://www.eset.com> . Try deleting
everything in Safari like cookies and see if you can get back in again.
Clearly, the site is Windows Centric inasmuch as I can't see a way to press
Alt 1 in Safari if you are using a touch screen.

 

Cordially,

 

Curtis Chong

 

 

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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBCS
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2020 1:07 AM
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Cc: Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org>
Subject: [NFBCS] Accessibility Overlays, what are they and can someone
elaborate on them?

 

            hello everyone.  Below is a link to a web site that behaves very

strangely on Safari with iOS and, possibly, other browsers and operating

systems as well.  The behavior is as follows: 

 

            the first time you open it, the site works beautifully with
VoiceOver.

 

Then , the second time you open it, and every time there after, it goes

into a mode where VoiceOver can see no links at all and it says something

about using the website in screen reader mode.  There is nothing to click

on and nothing to get out of that page.  Visually, the sentence about Using

the website in screen reader mode does not appear and, if you turn off

voiceover, you can use the web site just fine.

 

A friend of mine suggested this might be due to something called an

accessibility overlay, which is loaded with the page and renders the page

useless with VoiceOver.  More confusingly, however, it seems to only get

loaded after the page has been loaded and used once.  I assume this is due

to the page seeing some stored cookie somewhere, but I don't actually know.

 

            So, my questions are: what is an accessibility overlay?  Who
makes and

sells them and how often are they used?

 

            Finally, can someone talk about how they work in general terms
and,

perhaps, give an example of one that works well and is well supported?

I've never heard of these things before and I'd like to know more about

them and how to use them, avoide them, etc.  So, any thoughts or discussion

would be greatly appreciated.

 

-thanks

-Brian

 

https://www.appliancepartspros.com/search-alt.aspx?pm=A712

 

 

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