THanks this is the info I was looking for. So, generally it is not as bad as 
being completely inaccessible, but perhaps annoying. :) Although most of the 
web is annoying anymore, so can't be all that bad. :)
Thanks for the feedback.

On Apr 23, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:

> The main issue with Ajax is that updates to the page are not noticed by the 
> screen reader unless the developer moves focus to the changed content or sets 
> a live region attribute on the container. This isn't something mere users can 
> fix other than setting a hotspot on the area so changes can be noticed. 
> Another snag is when a part of the page is 'rotating content' where they tick 
> through some stuff like top news stories or the like. This can be quite 
> disorienting if you're in the middle of reading and focus suddenly gets 
> yanked to the next story because things ticked. Usually there is a pause 
> button which stops the ticking, but not always.
> 
> CB
> 
> On 4/21/12 8:22 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
>> All,
>> 
>> Has anyone encountered problems accessing sites using ajax? I cannot think 
>> of a site immediately that heavily uses ajax. If you know of one I can try 
>> VO out with, please let me know. This is a slightly urgent request.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
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