Yeah, I think so. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold via Jfw Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 6:33 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Carolyn Arnold Subject: Re: Facebook Accessibility for Users with Visual Impairments
My impression that they were suggesting the main site. Remember, life is what you make it, Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Jarreau via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <[email protected]> Cc: "Andre Jarreau" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:25 PM Subject: RE: Facebook Accessibility for Users with Visual Impairments > Just a touch confused. Are they saying accessibility should be through > the > main FB site? Or are they promoting accessibility through the mobile FB? > > Andre > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carolyn > Arnold > via Jfw > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 10:53 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Carolyn Arnold > Subject: Fw: Facebook Accessibility for Users with Visual Impairments > > > > Remember, life is what you make it, > > Carolyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Victoria > To: Portia Mason ; Debbie Ghee Logan > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1:02 AM > Subject: Facebook Accessibility for Users with Visual Impairments > > > > > > > > > Facebook Accessibility for Users with Visual Impairments: What Facebook > Wants You to Know, by Bill Holton > > > > > > Reprinted with permission from "AccessWorld," vol. 16 no. 4, April 2015. > > > > Facebook is an excellent way to keep in touch with friends and family. For > users of computer and mobile access technologies, however, at times, there > can be challenges. The company continuously evolves its products, which > can > introduce changes to screen-reader flow. So, in order to help readers more > fully enjoy their Facebook experience, we are excited to offer the > following > information. > > > > Thanks to consumer feedback, and working with several organizations, > including the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), Facebook has taken > accessibility to a whole new level. In July of 2011, the company formed > the > Facebook Accessibility Team to improve its support of accessibility across > products. Recently, AccessWorld spoke with team founder Jeff Wieland and > accessibility engineer Ramya Sethuraman, who offered us a top-10 list of > things they'd like readers to know about Facebook's accessibility program > and products. > > > > Facebook Offers Extensive Keyboard Navigation > > > > For computer users who do not use a mouse, including most screen-reader > users, the main Facebook web site makes extensive use of headings, > landmarks, and lists, which can be easily navigated with your > screen-reader > navigation keys. Additionally, the main Facebook web site also offers an > extensive roster of Access and Shortcut keys to help you navigate the site > and quickly perform actions, such as liking, searching, and sharing. > > > > Access Keys > > > > "Access keys let you jump quickly from page to page [within Facebook] with > a > single key combination and without having to tab down to or search for the > appropriate control," says Wieland. > > > > Key combinations vary by browser and/or system: > > . Chrome for PC users combine the ALT key with the access keys listed > below. > > . IE users combine the ALT key with the access keys listed below, > completing > each command by pressing the Enter key. > > . Firefox for PC users press Shift + ALT in combination with the access > keys > listed below. > > . Mac users press Control + Option in combination with the command keys > below. > > > > Facebook Access Keys > > . Home: 1 > > . Timeline: 2 > > . Friends: 3 > > . Inbox: 4 > > . Notifications: 5 > > . Settings: 6 > > . Activity Log: 7 > > . About: 8 > > . Terms: 9 > > . Help: 0 > > > > Shortcut Keys > > > > Much the same way as most screen readers offer single-key navigation > shortcuts to help you quickly find your way around a web page, Facebook > offers a number of single-key commands to perform various actions. Many of > these shortcut keys conflict with browser keys, however, so for now, at > least, you will have to either use your screen reader pass-through > command, > or turn off enhanced browser navigation (Forms Mode in JAWS, Focus Mode in > NVDA, and Browser Mode in Window-Eyes). > > > > "If you happen to be in an edit box, or on some other pop-up control, you > may have to tab away or close the dialogue before using the shortcuts," > says > Wieland. > > > > Facebook News Feed Shortcuts > > . Scroll forward through News Feed stories: j > > . Scroll backward through News Feed stories: k > > . See more of the selected story: Enter/Return > > . Post a new status: p > > . Like or unlike the selected story: l > > . Comment on the selected story: c > > . Share the selected story: s > > . Open an attachment from the selected story: o > > . Search: / > > . Search chat contacts: q > > . Open a list of these keyboard shortcuts while in News Feed: ? > > > > Facebook Messenger Shortcuts > > . Search conversations: CTRL + g > > . Show/hide keyboard shortcuts: CTRL + q > > . Archive/unarchive conversation: CTRL + Delete > > . Mark as spam: CTRL + j > > . Start a new message: CTRL + m > > . Go to Inbox: CTRL + i > > . Go to Other: CTRL + u > > > > Facebook Is Making Photos and Videos More Accessible > > > > "We're still rolling out the Dynamic Alt Text Generator to more products > that will improve the accessibility of both photos and videos," says > Wieland. "We gather all the metadata a user supplies and combine it to > generate a caption that tells a more complete story about that." This > Facebook Design video shows voicing for photos and videos before and after > Dynamic Alt Text captioning: > https://www.facebook.com/accessibility/posts/441575089212506 (link is > external). > > > > Check out the Mobile Apps for Facebook > > > > Facebook offers a mobile site, but Wieland encourages iOS and Android > screen-reader users to try the native apps for these operating systems. > "We've put a lot of work into improving the accessibility of the Facebook > and Facebook Messenger native apps, and in some cases we can build > accessibility experiences in these applications we simply can't easily > replicate on the web (like use of gestures)," he says. > > > > When you have finished reading a timeline entry using the iOS app, for > example, you can now perform a two-finger double-tap to summon a VoiceOver > menu, which includes options to like the post, comment, turn on > notifications, or indicate "I don't want to see this" (which will hide the > story). The two-finger scrub gesture also now works to close any pop-up or > dialogue screen. The Facebook Messenger iOS app also now includes an > action > item on the rotor. Perform a one-finger swipe up to delete a message > thread, > mute a conversation, archive a conversation and more. > > > > It's Easy to Contact Facebook > > > > "Facebook offers several ways to get in touch with the Accessibility Team, > and we love getting your feedback," states Wieland. Users can like the > Facebook Access for People with Disabilities page > (https://www.facebook.com/accessibility (link is external)) to stay up to > date on accessibility work and improvements, visit the Facebook > Accessibility Help Center > (https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/169372943117927 (link is > external)), > and follow the Facebook Accessibility Team (@fbaccess) on Twitter. The > Accessibility Help Center offers an accessibility bug report contact form > where you can report accessibility issues. > > > > Spreading the Accessibility Message to Other Facebook Employees > > > > In October of 2014, the Accessibility Team launched an installation at > Facebook Menlo Park, Calif. headquarters called the Empathy Lab. The lab > is > designed to showcase the different and various methods that people use to > interact with Facebook and broaden the company's understanding of how to > build products that are both usable to those with limited bandwidth and > accessible to screen-reader users. > > > > "We're hoping to give Facebook employees an idea of what it's like to use > Facebook with magnification or a screen reader. We do this with a > collection > of laptops and mobile devices which can only be used with a keyboard or > using screen readers or on slow network connections," says Ramya > Sethuraman. > "The installation has become so popular, we're looking to expand it to > other > campuses so more members of the Facebook team can experience it." > > > > The Facebook Team Is Constantly Improving the Accessible Facebook > Experience > > > > Below Wieland outlines just a few of Facebook's recent accessibility > enhancements. > > . You now have the ability to control font size in the iOS Messenger app. > > . New VoiceOver gestures were added to help people more easily access the > Delete, Mute, and More actions within iOS Messenger. > > . New access keys were added to the mobile site. > > . A "Skip to News Feed" link was added to Facebook for people using just > the > keyboard and screen readers to easily jump to the News Feed stories. > > . We now support multilingual caption files for Facebook Videos so you can > provide subtitles for all of your video content. > > > > Facebook Will Keep You Updated > > > > Every month the team posts a comprehensive review of the key accessibility > changes and enhancements. You can find the February 2015 update at > https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-accessibility/february-2015-mont... > (link is external). The 2014 year in review is available at > https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-accessibility/2014-year-in-revie... > (link is external). > > > > "Follow our Facebook page so you don't miss any future updates," Wieland > suggests. The URL is https://www.facebook.com/accessibility (link is > external). > > > > Facebook Wants Your Help > > > > Facebook has a dedicated User Experience Research team that runs many > different kinds of studies, including in-house usability studies and phone > interviews with people who use their products. > > > > "Our last round of accessibility usability testing focused on TalkBack > with > Facebook for Android," relates Wieland. > > > > If you would like to be considered for participation in future studies and > getting paid for your feedback, send an e-mail to the accessibility > research > team, [email protected] (link sends e-mail). > > > > Accessibility Beyond Facebook > > > > "The Facebook Accessibility Team is passionate about making accessibility > more mainstream, and one of our top priorities is to introduce > accessibility > to new audiences," says Sethuraman. "For instance, last year we spoke at > Stanford University to introduce students to writing accessible code. We > also gave a talk on web accessibility basics at the Grace Hopper > Conference." > > > > In addition, the Facebook Accessibility team actively consults and > collaborates with various disability organizations. Notes Wieland, "Last > year we sponsored and spoke at the American Foundation for the Blind's > Leadership Conference. We also sponsored the American Council of the > Blind's > summer conference in Las Vegas. We recently joined the American > Association > of People with Disabilities Tech Forum and are excited about collaborating > with industry leaders on a range of accessibility related initiatives." > > > > For Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Facebook hosted companies > from the Bay Area for a round of lightning talks on accessibility > implementations. Guests included the co-founders of GAAD, Jennison > Asuncion > and Joe Devon. > > > > Facebook Is Hiring! > > > > "We recently grew our dedicated accessibility engineering team, and we are > still hiring," says Wieland. "We are actively looking for an accessibility > specialist." You can read more about the position on Facebook's careers > page. > > > > > > < Crossroads 2015: The Highway to Success, by Carla RuschivalupMiles to Go > Before We Rest, by Larry Johnson >. > > . > > Printer-friendly version > > . .. > > > > > > > > > > > > Copyright C 2013 American Council of the Blind > > All content created initially for use by ACB in publications, in any media > on any web site domains administered by ACB, or as a broadcast or podcast > on > ACB Radio, archived or not, is considered to be the property of the > American > Council of the Blind. Creative content that appears elsewhere originally > remains the property of the original copyright holder. 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