[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42344: Accessibility of Wordpress.com

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#42344: Accessibility of Wordpress.com
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 Reporter:  tiittapauppi       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General            |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 Hi!

 I am Riikka Böök and I study at Haaga-Halia University of applied sciences
 in Helsinki, Finland.

 I am currently writing my thesis regarding accessability of free online
 blog enviroments and during this process I also reviewed Wordpress.com.
 Sadly the result was, that Wordpress.com is not accessible by blind people
 when creating a website.

 The issue is following:
 When creating new Wordpress site, and it is time to choose the address of
 your wordpress site, you can write the name of the wordpress site. At that
 point it gives you options for the addresses. These addresses can not be
 accessed with tab key. As it is not possible to choose the address of the
 Wordpress site with the tab key, the site is not accessible for the blind.

 I hope you will consider this in your future development plan and make
 your website more accessible. You can find more information about
 accessibility requirements from Web Content Accessibility Guidelines by
 W3. (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/)

 Best regards,
 Riikka Böök
 riikka.book at myy.haaga-helia.fi

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