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A11y Slackers Gitter Channel Archive 19th of December 2015

What fresh hell is THIS now? - Patrick Lauke
  1. zakim-robot
    Dec 19 00:02
    [ldavis] @michiel and @stevef here is that sample test for JAWS 17.x and Chrome 47.X https://output.jsbin.com/zipixa/3
  2. zakim-robot
    Dec 19 00:03
    [ldavis] This was around trying to eliminate JAWS and audio from speaking/playing audio at the same time
  3. MichielBijl
    Dec 19 00:54
    VoiceOver has the same issue, even with the native player.
  4. jnurthen
    Dec 19 00:56
    James Craig was proposing an aria-playsmedia attribute or something like that top solve this but i think we punted it to 2.0
  5. jnurthen
    Dec 19 01:00
    https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/track/issues/603 (although I'm not sure that PF tracker issues are visible currently.... this should be solved if it is not yet in the new year)
  6. jnurthen
    Dec 19 01:00
    aria-startsmedia was the proposal but it has indeed been punted to 2.0
  7. MichielBijl
    11:33
    Those are behind a login @jnurthen ;)
  8. stevefaulkner
    11:37
    @ldavis what is the issue? With JAWS and chrome 47 appears to work fine, there is an issue with jaws/Firefox as the scrubbers are exposed as progress bars and jaws announces the values over the audio ( will file bug)
  9. MichielBijl
    11:38
    @stevefaulkner the issue is that the play button is announced (after being pressed) at the same time the audio starts playing.
  10. stevefaulkner
    12:45
    Ask users if this is an issue, remember that SR users generally listen to SR speach at a MUCH higher rate than we do, so the button announcement would be over in less than a second
  11. MichielBijl
    14:12
    Good point, but what about short audio files, like the one in the example.
  12. MichielBijl
    14:13
    But like you said, should ask users.
  13. MichielBijl
    14:47
    This is impressive: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/teen-inventors-create-live-closed-captioning-glasses-deaf-180957155/?utm_source=twitter.com&no-ist
  14. MichielBijl
    14:47
    Teen Inventors Create Live Closed-Captioning Glasses for the Deaf
  15. zakim-robot
    14:53
    [fstorr] If he can get the quality of the transcription up to scratch, those glasses will be amazing.
  16. MichielBijl
    19:37
    I hope so, but the IndieGoGo campaign failed. So don't know what will happen now.
  17. jareds
    21:53
    I’m a totally blind developer who works on web based applications that get sold as enterprise software. I’m primarily a back-end developer but am also responsible for 508 assessments. I know the 508 standards are going to be updated to correspond to the WCAG 2.0 guidelines. My company may be willing to get me training on these if I can find a good course that would go over the new standards, does anyone have ideas for available training for someone who is generally familiar with web development but is not an experienced front end developer? Specifically I’m interested in how to test existing apps for accessibility followed by how to improve the accessibility based on what was found.
  18. stevefaulkner
    22:28
    Hi @jareds, will respond later (if others don't chime in prior) as its late in London and off to bed 😀
  19. jnurthen
    22:57
    @jareds can you let folks know where you are located at that may influence recommendations.
  20. jareds
    23:17
    Detroit Michigan United States
  21. garcialo
    23:29
    @jareds I'll paste some links below for accessibility training...there are probably some companies I'm missing
  22. garcialo
    23:29
    WebAIM - http://webaim.org/services/training/
  23. garcialo
    23:30
    Deque - http://www.deque.com/services/deque-university/
  24. garcialo
    23:30
    SSB Bart Group - http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/university/
  25. garcialo
    23:30
    The Paciello Group - https://www.paciellogroup.com/services/#training
  26. garcialo
    23:30
    I'm sure each training can be tailored to your needs
  27. garcialo
    23:31
    ...but it would probably be good to ask and make sure