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| <H1>Checking the accessibility and usability of a document in the blind tab</H1> |
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| An HTML document can be opened with miChecker to determine how accessible and usable the page is to readers who rely on voice browsers to read webpages. |
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| To check the accessibility and usability of a document for people who are blind: |
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| <LI>Open the document in one of the following ways: |
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| <LI>Click <B>File</B> > <B>Open</B>, and then navigate to URL or the local file to be checked. |
| <LI>Type the URL in the address line, and then click <B>GO</B>.<br> The document opens in the Browser View pane. |
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| <LI>Click <B>Blind</B> above the top right pane to select the blind mode. |
| <LI>Open the <A href="parametersBlind.html">Blind Usability Visualization preference page</A> in one of the following ways: |
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| <LI>Click <B>Settings</B>. |
| <LI>Click <B>Window</B> > <B>Preferences</B> > <B>ACTF</B> > <b>Blind Usability Visualization</b>. |
| Set the visualization mode that miChecker should use, and click either <B>Apply</B> or <B>OK</B>. |
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| <LI>Visualize the blind usability and detect the accessibility and usability problems in one of the following ways: |
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| <LI>Click the <B>Visualize</B> button. |
| <LI>Click the <B>Visualization</B> menu > <B>Visualize (blind)</B> or use the shortcut key (Ctrl+Shift+B). |
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| <LI>Click <A href="elementCss.html"><B>ID/CSS</B></A> to see the relevant information in the tabs. |
| <LI>(Optional) Click <B>Save</B> to save the report file as an HTML document.<BR> |
| Note: The report file is an HTML document consisting of three |
| parts: a diagram showing the overall rating, a usability visualization |
| view, and a problem list. When you click a line in the problem list, |
| its corresponding element in the visualization view is highlighted, |
| and the page automatically scrolls if necessary to show the element. |
| <LI>Address each entry in the problem list. See <A href="lineViewBlind.html">Line View pane (blind usability)</A> for details. As each problem is successfully resolved, the rating in the Overall Rating pane improves. |
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| <LI><A href="workspace.html">Exploring the HTML Accessibility mode</A> |
| <LI><A href="problemsBlind.html">Accessibility and usability problems for blind users</A> |
| <LI><A href="checkLv.html">Checking the accessibility and usability of a document in the low vision tab</A> |
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