Hi Lynn
,
I'm running ZoomText 9.18.7.16 (64) in Firefox 3.5.3 on Vista 64-bit.

LE
"My ap reader started at the top of the page and worked its way to the
bottom of the page reading everything."

DW
Just to be clear, does your ZT read the following heading and body text?

"Ask Your Questions to Prime Minister Harper / Posez vos questions au
Premier ministre Stephen Harper
Submit your questions for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in
his response to the Speech from the..." (etc.)

LE
"I pointed my mouse at menus and ZoomText spoke the words, info,
comments, and favorites, “ask your questions”."

DW
Yes my MouseOver reads those too, but those are LINKS.  My problem is
that MouseOver does not read the embedded body TEXT.

My concern is that the site is not fully accessible.  Copying to the
clipboard is a workaround, but it's not an endorsement of the site's
accessibility.  As Everett has pointed out, the site fails WCAG 2.0
compliance tests.  Luckily, my partial sight aids my navigation.  That
won't always be the case.  This site is not accessible with JAWS,
according to Everett.  That is not acceptable.

Please don't take this the wrong way, Lynn.  I don't mean to sound
hostile with you, nor do I want to slander or misrepresent a website
as being inaccessible when that is not the case.  In this case,
however.  I have no such reservations about questioning this site's
accessibility and our prime minister's office's choice of media.

Cheers,
Derek


On 3/12/10, Lynn Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello Derek:
>
> I checked out the website http://www.youtube.com/TalkCanada
>
> I am using ZoomText version 9.18.0.649 (64)
> Vista OS 64 bit and
> IE 8
>
> My ap reader started at the top of the page and worked its way to the bottom
> of the page reading everything. I pointed my mouse at menus and ZoomText
> spoke the words, info, comments, and favorites, “ask your questions”.
>
> Have you tried copying the text to the clipboard then use the control, shift
> C to read the clipboard?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Wilson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 6:32 AM
> Subject: [VICUG-L] TalkCanada: All Quiet on the Accessibility Front
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Here is the text from my brief evaluation of the TalkCanada YouTube
> page where people can submit questions and vote on questions submitted
> by others.  The idea is that Steven Harper will address the questions
> that get the most votes.  Unfortunately, this crack at the democratic
> process has a few cracks of its own. The link follows my name.
>
> The comments below outline my user experience of the following website
> with ZoomText screen-reader:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/TalkCanada
>
> The AppReader feature of my screen-reader highlights words on the
> screen as it reads them aloud.  AppReader does not work at all on the
> TalkCanada website.
>
> The MouseOver feature of my screen-reader announces words or lines of
> text directly under the mouse-pointer.  MouseOver will announce some
> linked text, such as names of people who have posted questions for
> prime minister Harper, but it will not read their questions.
> MouseOver does not announce the video controls, nor is their a link to
> accessible audio anywhere on the page that I can find, but again, my
> ScreenReader cannot access most of the page.  This limits my ability
> to search for anything on the page.
>
> The purpose of this page, however, is to post, read, and vote on
> comments from other posters.  Since neither of the features of my
> ScreenReader can access this information on the TalkCanada YouTube
> the site is essentially inaccessible to me, excluding me from
> participating in this exciting initiative.  I fully endorse social
> networking tools for use in the democratic process, but once again,
> our Government has demonstrated through its choice of actions that
> including all Canadians in the democratic process is not a priority
> for the Government of Canada.
>
>
> Although I was not able to read the questions from other posters, or
> submit my vote, I was able to locate the text box at the top of the
> screen where I submitted the following question to the current prime
> minister:
>
> "Mr. Harper, how does the Government of Canada account for its
> exclusion of over 800,000 Canadians from access to information and
> services through its websites as a result of its failure to comply
> with W3C website accessibility guidelines?"
> Derek Wilson, Vancouver, BC
>
> Regards,
> Derek Wilson
>
> TalkCanada: All Quiet on the Accessibility Front « Blind Equality link
> below:
>
> http://bit.ly/9Tj0A1
>
> Again, you can support us in calling for website accessibility
> compliance from the GoC here:
>
> http://www.petitiononline.com/GCWAP/petition.html
>
>
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