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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=212124510-28052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Any idea of release date for 1.8 please.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards, Nigel</SPAN></B> <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">IT Training and Support Co-ordinator</SPAN></B> </P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">01444
884906</SPAN></STRONG></P></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Alistair
McNaught<BR><B>Sent:</B> 28 May 2012 11:44<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte discussion
list<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] Re: Accessiblity queries<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hi,
we do have a summary in draft format for most of those other templates but there
are some important accessibility improvements in the Xerte Toolkits 1.8 release
and so I’m holding off publishing the accessibility summary. Several
accessibility issues that were identified on a number of pages (eg magnification
of text in navigator subpages breaking the learning object and inheritance of
colour changes to subpages) should be remedied in the next release so the final
guidance will come when I’ve had a chance to see the final release after the
agreed improvements have been implemented. It should be much shorter guidance
too because there will be fewer accessibility niggles.</SPAN></P>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>K.L.Baker<BR><B>Sent:</B> 28 May 2012 10:05<BR><B>To:</B>
'xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk'<BR><B>Cc:</B>
'k.l.baker@open.ac.uk'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] Accessiblity
queries</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hello</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We are using Xerte to
develop some skills materials at the Open University Library. I am currently
investigating the accessibility of the different Xerte templates. I found a
useful summary of the Text and Media templates here: <A
href="http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/pages/detail/online_resources/Xerte_learner_needs">http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/pages/detail/online_resources/Xerte_learner_needs</A></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I was wondering if
there are similar summaries for the other template types?</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I’ve also been
looking at keyboard accessibility. Many of the templates do seem to be
accessible using just the keyboard, but I was just wondering why the key used to
activate links etc is often the space bar instead of the return key. I thought
that the return key was standard – is there a way to change this within Xerte so
that the return key is used instead of the space bar?</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">If you know of any
other information which might be helpful in terms of accessibility checking of
Xerte please let me know.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Best
regards</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Kirsty
Baker</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Information Literacy
Specialist</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Open University
Library</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">01908 (8)
58478</SPAN></P>
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