I use the mobile sight and it has in my opinion gotten worse. We are having a discussion on the blind facebook list and on othe rforums as well.
s On Jan 5, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Israel wrote: > Hi Listers, > > Has anyone else noticed that since about a month ago or around the time FB > unveiled their new profile option, posting status updates or on friends wall > using the main FB seems easier as VO now recognizes and reads the labels of > the edit boxes such as "What's On Your Mind" and "Write Something" > For the longest time VO would only read that there was an edit box but not > the label. Other listers did previously offer suggestion such as turning > curser tracking off and using item chooser both of which could spot the > labels and place the user in the proper edit box, but using VO and the arrow > keys didn't always work to even find the edit boxes at times. Now, VO reads > seemingly all labels and has no difficulty locating the edit box. > > For those interested on the main FB sitethere is a "heading level 2" which VO > reads to me followed by a share button. If you VO+right arrow once, you'll > hear VO read that there is a list containing four items. They are "status", > "photo", "link", "video" > Pressing VO+space bar on "status" automatically brings up "What's on your > mind edit box" Type your status and if you wish, paste a url to a link, you > can then preview hw the link will look to your friends after you post it. VO > will read the edit box as "Say something About The Link" If you wish to > comment then you can. If you're like me and you type your remarks prior to > pasting in the url then you simply VO+right arrow twice to the share button, > press VO+space bar and your status is updated. > > On a friend's wall you will see the list of four items, but the "status" > option is replaced by one which reads "post." VO+space bar on that and you > are put into an edit box which reads "Write Something." Take the same steps > and post on your friend's wall. > > Little by little I've been noticing some small accessibility improvements on > FB main site as slowly more items on the sight can now be recognized by VO. > > Sexy Isra > Israel Antonio > www.sexyisra.blogspot.com > www.twitter.com/sexyisra > > On Jan 5, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > >> I was really hoping for a response on this one. Anybody out there? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
