We had a small group but a
good discussion:
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Windows
10 Edge browser
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If
you have not switched to Windows 10 yet, Microsoft offers a virtual machine
version of Edge that you can download for testing at http://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms/windows/
(Pointed out by Anna Marie Golden)
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The
SSB Bart Group has evaluated Edge and sees it as a much improved replacement
for IE, which will be deprecated. See http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/release-of-the-windows-10-edge-browser-what-it-means-for-accessibility-and-aria-support-in-ie/
(Pointed out by Jonathan Swanson
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Basic
accessibility evaluation tools
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Chris
Pederick's Web Developer Toolbar, available for Chrome, FireFox, and Opera at http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/
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Use
"Information -> View Document Outline" to see the structure of
headings in the page. Are there appropriate headings and subheadings and are
they hierarchical?
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Use
"Outline -> Headings" to draw outlines around headings on the
page. Are all headings on the page outlined? Headings that are not outlined
have been created without using the <h> tags and will not be interpreted
as headings by assistive software.
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Use
"Information -> Display ARIA roles" to see how ARIA attributes
have been used on the pages. Are there any ARIA attributes? If so, have they
been used to identify the role of each of the major segments of the page?
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Use
"CSS -> Disable All Styles" to see what the page content is like
without the color, font and layout provided by CSS. Is the text in a coherent
sequence?
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Apple
VoiceOver screen browser is on every Apple desktop, laptop, tablet, and
smartphone. Learn it. Use it to experience listening to and navigating your
pages by feel alone.
- NVDA
Screen Reader (http://www.nvaccess.org/)
is free and quite capable screen reader for Windows
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Your
keyboard, without mouse or touchpad
