{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/1803","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/1803/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/1803/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/1803/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/1803","id":15369409,"number":1803,"title":"Improve accessibility for blind people and other users of screen readers","user":{"login":"lizzard","id":227661,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/227661?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard","html_url":"https://github.com/lizzard","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lizzard/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/labels/Feature%20Request","name":"Feature Request","color":"68AC0D"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/labels/UX","name":"UX","color":"e102d8"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":24,"created_at":"2013-06-10T21:20:30Z","updated_at":"2015-04-10T09:18:22Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Might there be some ways to usefully improve Etherpad Lite's accessibility? I know that people who browse with a screen reader can't use it. Etherpad is so useful that I hate to turn away from it as a collaboration tool.  Is this something you have discussed already in issues or in a forum? I looked, but didn't find anything. If I can help gather suggestions I'm happy to do that. "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/comments/91490406","html_url":"https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/1803#issuecomment-91490406","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/1803","id":91490406,"user":{"login":"JohnMcLear","id":220864,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/220864?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear","html_url":"https://github.com/JohnMcLear","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMcLear/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-10T09:18:22Z","updated_at":"2015-04-10T09:18:22Z","body":"Hrm, well yeah regarding the timeslider experience, it's tricky because I wouldn't know what content to read to a screen reader..  I guess we could have an aria content section on the pad contents in the timeslider and make it read that contents on each forward/backwards but that's going to be a horrible UX for a screen reader?\r\n\r\nI did look at other slider options, they don't really \"fit\" into what we're doing, our slider has to be designed in such a way that we will be able to overlay contents onto it in the future (a feature I want to work on) and as such we need to stick with our current solution..  It would however be useful to have an aria notification on slider move that notifies the user of their new location in the pad IE the date/time and the revision.  I will add these bits to do my todo list :)\r\n\r\nI have received some comments but until it's merged into a release branch they are only dripping in slowly!"}}