[nfbcs] Sad attempt at an accessible form- Please offer suggestions

[William Grussenmeyer]

I cant seem to get into the checkboxes starting Monday or  Tuesday but
once I get into wed I can shift tab back to Monday and Tuesday
also I cant access these check boxes:
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On 8/21/15, Misty Williams via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thank you for your help. I think the tab issue had to do with the editing
> permissions, so I fixed that.  Was it skipping the Monday checkbox when you
> tried it, Mr. Grussenmeyer?
>
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> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of William
> Grussenmeyer via nfbcs
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 2:05 PM
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> Cc: William Grussenmeyer
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Sad attempt at an accessible form- Please offer
> suggestions
>
> I tried it out.  it seemed pretty accessible.  but I was having trouble
> with
> the check boxes too.  when I hit tab it was also moving the paragraph
> indening which is why it is saying 3 inches, etc.  That number is the
> indent
> of the paragraph.  Other than that I was able to use the  combo boxes just
> fine.
>
> On 8/21/15, Misty Williams via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Good news! It appears it was the JAWS settings on the testing
>> computer. I still don't know which setting, but that issue has been
>> resolved. I would still appreciate any input, since this was my first
> attempt.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Misty
>> Williams via nfbcs
>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 10:34 AM
>> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Misty Williams
>> Subject: [nfbcs] Sad attempt at an accessible form- Please offer
>> suggestions
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I tried to use a combination of Google, Word help, and some of a
>> Freedom Scientific training article to create my first accessible form
>> in Word for a co-worker. (Please keep in mind that I know nothing
>> about making forms in Word, much less making them accessible, but I
>> was trying to do a good
>> thing.)  I have run into some issues and would appreciate any help you
>> could offer.
>>
>> So Tab/Shift Tab works to navigate the fields. Alt and the Up/ Down
>> arrow will open the drop-down lists, if applicable- which is not
>> normal, but not too inconvenient. Using JAWS, I'm hearing the
>> announcement of what the form field is for. I have it locked for
>> editing, so users can only access the form fields. BUT, JAWS was
>> reading some sort of "3.3 inches" when it starts reading the form
>> field, which my co-worker found very distracting. I can't figure out
>> if that is a JAWS setting, or something to do with Word, or how to fix
>> it.  I have attached the form to see if anyone has any thoughts for
>> improvements or tips for making accessible forms in an easier manner.
>> Any help would be appreciated
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Misty Williams
>>
>>
>>
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William Grussenmeyer
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University of Nevada, Reno
NSF Fellow