[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Accessibility testing with web staff client

[Benjamin Kalish]

Thank you so much, Terran, for doing this important accessibility testing!

Benjamin Kalish
Forbes Library / 413-587-1012 / bkalish at forbeslibrary.org

Currently reading: *The Old Contemptibles* by Martha Grimes
Just Finished: *Dandelion Wine *by Ray Bradbury

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On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Terran McCanna <
tmccanna at georgialibraries.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I spent some time perusing the web staff client with three volunteers from
> our GLASS (Georgia Library for Accessible Statewide Services) department
> last week and discovered some areas that need work in order to meet ADA
> Section 508 requirements. One staff volunteer uses glasses with an attached
> monocular and a large screen with JAWS to back it up, one staff person uses
> a high contrast black screen with heavy reliance on JAWS, and the third
> staff person is entirely reliant on JAWS. All three are all using Windows
> 7. I did some additional testing with the NVDA screen reader on my own
> machine as well, which doesn't have all the bells and whistles of JAWS, but
> it's free and good enough for simple testing.
>
> The first thing I discovered is that JAWS works better with Internet
> Explorer than any other browser, and that JAWS users really dislike Chrome
> because of its poor accessibility. Since the web client doesn't work at all
> on IE (we couldn't even successfully log in), that left Firefox as the only
> testing option.
>
> Rather than trying to identify every little issue, I divided my notes into
> 5 major types of elements that need attention throughout the web client in
> order to bring the interface closer to compliance:
>
> Section labels / nested headings:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615707
>
> Field labels:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615800
>
> Button labels:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615714
>
> Button order/placement on forms:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615805
>
> Things that look like tables but aren't:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1615781
>
>
>
> Terran McCanna
> PINES Program Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta, GA 30345
> 404-235-7138
> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
>
>
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