[CATO] Vicki's Accessing Higher Ground slide deck

[Vicki Walton]

Hello CATO members,

Please find attached the slide deck from my Accessing Higher Ground presentation.  I truly apologize for not sending this out ahead of time.

Also, below I added some additional notes for slide 20. These were just extra notes I shared to help give you some background on the virtual buffer.

Some background on the Virtual Buffer
Once the page loads on the browser, a screen reader analyzes the content and presents the same information in a linear fashion called virtual buffer.

Because this screen reader specific copy of the document does not really exist outside the screen reader itself, it is often referred to as a virtual document, and the cursor to browse it, is subsequently called a virtual cursor.  The keyboard is completely taken by the screen reader, and the browser does not see any of the goings-on besides occasional instructions to set focus to elements.

This virtual buffer, which is also called browse mode or virtual mode in screen readers, allows the entire interaction of the keyboard to be taken over by the screen reader in this mode.

Whenever a user has to interact with the page, they have to tell the screen reader to switch out of this linear document into another mode which is called focus mode, or forms mode, depending on the screen reader in use.


[Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass]Vicki Walton
Pronouns: they/them
Web Accessibility Specialist/IT Quality Assurance Tester
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
vwalton at sbctc.edu* office: 360-704-4343* website: www.sbctc.edu<https://www.sbctc.edu/default.aspx>



Accessibility is not a checkbox. Accessibility is a mindset that can lead to a very powerful sense of inclusion.
~ Maayan Ziv founder and CEO AccessNow

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