[Trainer-Talk] Top 3 most powerful but least utilized access technology and accessibility features

Mon May 14 12:14:50 UTC 2018

hello,

The text analyzer is great. I definitely wish more people would use it. And
I wish other screen readers would have something similar. Also, I really
think that people should learn how to use web applications. I still see
people using Gmail in basic HTML view for example. I really wish that
people would learn to use web apps, and learn standards for how many web
apps are designed. This is really important, as more and more web apps are
being developed. And it makes using many sites much easier, such as Twitter
and Facebook. And finally, this might be a surprise to some, but I wish
that more people would learn efficient ways to navigate. Such as using the
text find command. Many users are still using the Tab Key to navigate
around websites, or using the links list. The links list is fine, but it
does not give you context of what that link is going to. And people get
frustrated because they believe that they navigate it to a web page, and
then they bring up the links list again, and that same link still appears,
and they feel like maybe they didn't navigate to the page they wanted to go
to. Along that same lime, in-page links or same page links or whatever they
are called is a good way to jump to text, as are landmarks and headings.
Especially heading level one headings on most websites.

Thanks.

On Mon, May 14, 2018, 06:04 Greg Aikens via Trainer-Talk <
trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I would say that I don't think people are taking advantage of how easy and
> readily available OCR solutions have become.
>
> On a related note, I often still hear people complaining about how PDFs
> are not accessible, which simply isn't true.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-Talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> David Goldfield via Trainer-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2018 9:53 PM
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> Cc: David Goldfield <david.goldfield at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Top 3 most powerful but least utilized access
> technology and accessibility features
>
> I couldn't say if this is an under-utilized feature but I'm wondering if
> the Text Analyzer feature from JAWS is being used to its fullest potential.
> I will admit that NVDA has become my screen reader of choice and is what I
> use, pretty much exclusively, at home. However, if I found myself needing
> to type professional documents with very specific formatting requirements I
> would likely use JAWS for this purpose because of its text analyzer feature.
>
> David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist WWW.David-Goldfield.Com<
> http://WWW.David-Goldfield.Com>
> On 5/13/2018 3:14 PM, Nancy Coffman via Trainer-Talk wrote:
>
> Navigating  html elements to quickly move in applications and forms,
> especially headings and form fields is essential.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>
> On May 12, 2018, at 3:28 PM, David Andrews via Trainer-Talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org><mailto:trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> People need to know the table reading commands in their screen readers.
>
> Dave
>
> At 06:50 PM 5/11/2018, you wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> A counselor inspired me to ask this question. As trainers, what do you
> think are the top 3 most powerful accessibility features or assistive
> technology functions that most blind and visually impaired users are
> not aware of or are under-utilizing?
>
> Let's have a poll.
>
> Best,
> Phil
>
>
>
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