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Accessible Annotation Creation Tool Notes
Accessible Annotation Creation Tool Notes
Use cases
- Hypothes.is - Highlighting online textbooks and articles
- Feedback tool - selection of content and request a translation, alternative, explanation, etc.
- Metadata authoring - select a section of content in the editor and insert a citation, link, bold text etc.
Two Use Cases: Read-only and Edit Cases
- If the user is in edit mode (i.e. the user is in an editable text area, or in an application like a rich text editor)
- If the user is in a read-only mode
Accessibility
- If using a screen reader - how do you know where a selection has started and ended?
- If a user has to switch modes to go into a "select mode"
- Where do you know to put the caret?
- How will keyboard only ( no screen reader ) interactions work?
Web Standards
Existing Examples
- Google Docs
- Medium.com
- Use mouse to select text and highlight
- ARIA Effort
- Initially part of the ARIA 1.1 effort, but moved ultimately to ARIA 2.0.
- Starting point: ISSUE-655: Consider creating annotations roles for comments, spell-check errors, etc.
- Based on a proposal from Microsoft regarding annotations in Office Online:
- W3C Annotations Effort
Questions
- How do existing users perform such actions with keyboards and screen readers?
- What applications do they use? How are highlighting / annotations supported?
- Example: Google Doc
, multiple selections available,
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