{"id":1391,"date":"2018-04-27T16:43:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/pwaa\/?post_type=chapter&p=1391"},"modified":"2022-12-16T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T16:22:08","slug":"activity-chromevox","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/chapter\/activity-chromevox\/","title":{"raw":"Activity: Using ChromeVox to Find Accessibility Features","rendered":"Activity: Using ChromeVox to Find Accessibility Features"},"content":{"raw":"

\"\"<\/span><\/h2>\r\nNOTE:<\/strong> If you are a regular day-to-day screen reader user (i.e., you are blind or have significant vision loss) use your own screen reader for this activity instead of ChromeVox.<\/span>\r\n\r\nIdeally, accessibility features will be invisible to typical users so they do not interfere with their user experience. In addition to using a screen reader to identify accessibility problems, it is an important tool for identifying features that add to the accessibility of a website, so when reporting you are not identifying potential barriers that may have hidden alternatives.<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn this activity practice using ChromeVox to identify hidden accessibility features in a website. Refer back to ChromeVox Screen Reader <\/strong>in the section\u00a0<\/span>ChromeVox Screen Reader<\/a>, and have the keyboard commands list beside you when completing this activity.<\/span>\r\n
    \r\n \t
  1. Open the Showcase Demo Site<\/a> in Chrome, and turn on ChromeVox.\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Leave your monitor turned on so you can see what you are doing.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Put your mouse away, and use only your keyboard to navigate through the site.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Create a list of all the hidden accessibility features on the site. You may also list the visible accessibility features if there are any. <\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  5. In addition to listing the accessibility features, if relevant, describe what the screen reader announces when it encounters the accessibility features in your list.\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nHint:<\/strong> Some of the features to listen for are WAI-ARIA enabled elements. You may need to examine the HTML source to determine what they are, or use the Chrome Inspect tool to see how WAI-ARIA is being used.\r\n
    <\/div>\r\n
    Suggested answers to Activity<\/a><\/div>","rendered":"

    \"\"<\/span><\/h2>\n

    NOTE:<\/strong> If you are a regular day-to-day screen reader user (i.e., you are blind or have significant vision loss) use your own screen reader for this activity instead of ChromeVox.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Ideally, accessibility features will be invisible to typical users so they do not interfere with their user experience. In addition to using a screen reader to identify accessibility problems, it is an important tool for identifying features that add to the accessibility of a website, so when reporting you are not identifying potential barriers that may have hidden alternatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

    In this activity practice using ChromeVox to identify hidden accessibility features in a website. Refer back to ChromeVox Screen Reader <\/strong>in the section\u00a0<\/span>ChromeVox Screen Reader<\/a>, and have the keyboard commands list beside you when completing this activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Open the Showcase Demo Site<\/a> in Chrome, and turn on ChromeVox.
      \n<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Leave your monitor turned on so you can see what you are doing.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Put your mouse away, and use only your keyboard to navigate through the site.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Create a list of all the hidden accessibility features on the site. You may also list the visible accessibility features if there are any. <\/span><\/li>\n
    5. In addition to listing the accessibility features, if relevant, describe what the screen reader announces when it encounters the accessibility features in your list.
      \n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Hint:<\/strong> Some of the features to listen for are WAI-ARIA enabled elements. You may need to examine the HTML source to determine what they are, or use the Chrome Inspect tool to see how WAI-ARIA is being used.<\/p>\n

      <\/div>\n
      Suggested answers to Activity<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1391","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1360,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1391\/revisions\/2577"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1360"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1391\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/pwaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}