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

[Misty Williams]

Thank you for your help. I think the tab issue had to do with the editing
permissions, so I fixed that.  Was it skipping the Monday checkbox when you
tried it, Mr. Grussenmeyer? 

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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of William
Grussenmeyer via nfbcs
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 2:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Sad attempt at an accessible form- Please offer
suggestions

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

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