[nfbcs] Developers creating cross platform cloud apps and providing accessibility feedback

[Humberto Avila]

Hello,

Yes, it is frustrating when companies or websites just say to click on an icon or graphic of some sort in this and that way to accomplish tasks. To a screen reader user, it is a 50-50, since first we need to find a textual equivalent to be able to click the same icon, let alone finding out if it is accessible. this in practice takes many trials and time.

If this is a Web application, I would suggest sharing this link with them and friendly explaining what it is and how it should be used:

https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

These are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines from the World Wide Web Consortium on their Accessibility Initiatives. They ensure all websites can be universal in design and used by everyone, not just sighted folks.

Hope this helps a bit.

Humberto


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On 2/20/19 11:46 AM, Doug Lee via nfbcs wrote:

In a non-web-based app, my normal answer is to look for menubar menus like Tools to get around anything that most sighted people reach via a toolbar. In a web app though, I'm not sure if there would be a similar equivalent.

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:56:44AM -0800, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
Hey everyone:

So I???m writing this list of amazing individuals, to find out if any of you have a resource I can leverage while reaching out to companies.

Let me give you an example, I???ve been leveraging cross platform applications such as Todoist, Convert kit, and lead pages just to list a few.

All of these tools, provide a interface to perform different tasks, and as a blind user I???d say they???re 80% accessible.

The one problem that a majority of them all seem to fail with is actually labeling images or the visual graphics they???re using to offer a action.

Let me give you an example:

Todoist

Click on the tools icon in the upper right-hand corner of the project you want to forward your email to.


https://doist.com/blog/todoist-tasks-email-calendar/

All of the items I click on on the desktop using chrome or Safari don???t seem to render a tools menu.

Nothing is labeled with ???tools???, and before I reach out to their support team in order to limit the friction that may arise, I???d like to be armed with as much information as possible.

Therefore, does anyone have any recommendations for making what might be the tool they???re using more user-friendly for blind users?

Or is it really as simple as asking their support team to request that their engineering  team add alt text to the tools icon representing the tools menu?

Thanks for any assistance in this.

Michael

Host of the your own pay podcast network.


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