December 31, 2009 - The Etudes team is pleased to announce full access key support and other accessibility enhancements throughout the Etudes system. These enhancements have been deployed onto Etudes (12/28/09).
Below is a summary of the adjustments and new access keys support.
1) Eliminated all image action buttons in the Modules tool. They were replaced with textual buttons (match AT&S) that can be read by screen readers and can be easily translated internationally by institutions that have adopted our tools.
2) Conducted an extensive review and fixed gaps in tabbing / navigation support. Visually-impaired users can now navigate with the keyboard reliably in Etudes.
3) Access key support (short-cut keyboard commands) for all core functions across the Etudes system has been added. See complete list of the supported access keys:
http://etudes.org/access-keys.html
Bookmark this URL to refer to it quickly. You may also bring up the list of access keys from ANY view WITHIN Etudes, by pressing Access key + 0. In Firefox, press Shift + Alt + 0. On Internet Explorer, press Alt + 0 *and* then ENTER, and a new tab will open up with the access key web page. The above access keys are supported 100% in Firefox. IE supports all of them, except New Post and Quick Reply.
Many thanks to senior developers Murthy Tanniru (Jforum) and Rashmi Maheshwari (Modules), and Chief Architect, Glenn Golden, for their work on accessibility.
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