Accessibility problems with Lesson Schedules pages
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:50 am
There are serious limitations in the Lesson Schedules feature of http://www.lds.org, which make it impossible to use by individuals with disabilities who are blind or mobility limited and cannot use a mouse. The interactive widgets on the screen cannot be operated with a keyboard. They are not perceivable to a screen reader. They do not appear in the navigation ring.
The following widgets on the main Lesson Schedules fail keyboard interaction:
1. Forward arrow
2. Backward arrow
3. Checkboxes
The checkboxes further fail because they do not announce status to a screen reader as to whether they are checked or not.
The following widgets on the Lesson Schedules / Administration dialog fail keyboard interaction:
1. Delete button
2. Checkboxes
The checkboxes further fail because they do not announce status to a screen reader as to whether they are checked or not.
The following widgets on the Lesson Schedules / Administration / Add Class (or Edit Class) dialog have errors:
1. The Instructor text entry field is not labeled. This is important, but the failure of other widgets to work with the keyboard is much more serious.
The following widgets on the Lesson Schedules / New Event dialog have errors:
1. The calendar graphic does not have alternative text, nor is the role as a button listed.
2. The Event Name text entry field is not labeled.
3. Checkboxes. Not reachable with keyboard. Fail to announce as checkboxes. Do not announce state.
4. The calendar widget forward and backward buttons cannot be reached with the keyboard.
I used JAWS 13.0.1006 on both IE 9 and Firefox 17.0.4
Please add these navigation errors to your error list as a high priority for fixing.
Regards
The following widgets on the main Lesson Schedules fail keyboard interaction:
1. Forward arrow
2. Backward arrow
3. Checkboxes
The checkboxes further fail because they do not announce status to a screen reader as to whether they are checked or not.
The following widgets on the Lesson Schedules / Administration dialog fail keyboard interaction:
1. Delete button
2. Checkboxes
The checkboxes further fail because they do not announce status to a screen reader as to whether they are checked or not.
The following widgets on the Lesson Schedules / Administration / Add Class (or Edit Class) dialog have errors:
1. The Instructor text entry field is not labeled. This is important, but the failure of other widgets to work with the keyboard is much more serious.
The following widgets on the Lesson Schedules / New Event dialog have errors:
1. The calendar graphic does not have alternative text, nor is the role as a button listed.
2. The Event Name text entry field is not labeled.
3. Checkboxes. Not reachable with keyboard. Fail to announce as checkboxes. Do not announce state.
4. The calendar widget forward and backward buttons cannot be reached with the keyboard.
I used JAWS 13.0.1006 on both IE 9 and Firefox 17.0.4
Please add these navigation errors to your error list as a high priority for fixing.
Regards