Pat,
I went to the link in your message, and it looks like the view of pages
68-69 is a graphic, which they've thoughtfully described with alt-text, but
not allowed us to view with a screen reader. From what I see here, I don't
think any screen reader will be able to help in this situation because
there's no text as such. If you were to subscribe to the magazine, would
you get actual viewable text, or just a graphic representation of the text?
If the latter, this site is completely out of compliance with any
accessibility standards. At the very least, I recommend that an accessible
PDF document be made available to visually impaired subscribers, and that a
portion of that document be made available to those wishing to preview it so
they can decide whether to subscribe.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Tice" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 10:34
Subject: Re: Inaccessible Reader Medium for Ham Radio Publications
> Justin and the list,
>
> Here is a link to a current Worldradio article for testing:
> http://www.zinio.com/pages/WorldRadioOnline/Dec-11/416199934/pg-68
>
> I only get the print version of CQ, so I can't send a link to that one.
>
> 73,
> Pat
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Patrick Tice
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>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Justin Mann
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 5:23 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Inaccessible Reader Medium for Ham Radio Publications
>
> Pat,
> 've had god luck reading zinio magazines from my iPhone. I'd be curious
> trying to test "World Radio" and "Cq" Can you send a link to both?
> Thanks
>
> On Dec 16, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Patrick Tice wrote:
>
>> Greetings, Listers!
>>
>> I've been away from the list for a while, mostly depending on the list
>> archives to help me answer questions Handiham members ask me. Now I'm
>> = back again because I want to bring forward a troubling new
>> development. We = all know that we are on the cusp of a major change
>> in the publishing world.
>> While digital publication can greatly enhance accessibility to blind
>> computer users, we cannot necessarily assume that new publishing
>> formats will necessarily be compliant with accepted accessibility
>> standards. To illustrate this, I am pasting the following message
>> that I received from = the Zinio Support folks, then I will fill you
>> in a bit more. Here is the
>> e-mail:=20
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thank you for contacting Zinio Customer Support.=20
>>
>> Unfortunately Zinio publications are not compatible with screen
>> readers, = we apologize for the inconvenience.
>>
>> If I can be of further assistance, please let me know.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Eric Folsom
>> Zinio Customer Support
>>
>> Okay, this is pretty much what I suspected because I was unable to =
>> highlight any text in the Zinio Reader, and the browser-based version
>> gave similar results. However, the publications Zinio supports are
>> searchable for keywords, so there must be some sort of embedded text
>> underlying the graphical text presentation. I am by no means a
>> screenreader user = myself since I can see the pages, but NVDA hadn't
>> a clue as to the main body = text in any of the pages when tested with
>> Worldradio Online Magazine, which = does use the Zinio system along
>> with CQ and many other magazines. The Zinio Reader does include easy
>> to use font resizing, but the lack of = screenreader support is
>> troubling. =20
>>
>> As I said, we are going to find more and more publications on line in
>> = the coming years, most sooner rather than later. In the January
>> 2012 QST = there is a mention of the anticipated mid-year rollout of a
>> digital version of QST. I want to emphasize that I have no
>> information on which publishing platform ARRL will be using and
>> whether it will be screenreader = accessible, but it is painfully
>> apparent that inaccessible design can be carried = forward into the
>> new publishing medium. This is shown clearly in the step = backwards
>> from Worldradio Online in PDF with embedded text several issues ago =
>> prior to the change to the Zinio Reader versus the current "apologize
>> for the inconvenience" situation we have now. =20
>>
>> I don't fault the Worldradio Online people for this - they are simply
>> = using an on line publishing company. And in fair disclosure, I do
>> write the = "With the Handihams" column that appears regularly in WR.
>> But I think that = any company that delivers online media, especially
>> digital print = publications for heaven's sake, should be able to
>> provide screenreader access.=20
>>
>> Can we start a civil discussion about this, and put together some kind
>> = of informational message and action plan about what should be
>> expected regarding accessibility? I know that the ADA does not
>> necessarily = require accessibility, but we all know that it is the
>> right thing to do, and = that it is also not a good business plan to
>> exclude potential readers. =20
>>
>> 73,
>> Pat
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>> Regards,=A0
>>
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