Setting and Retrieving Accesskeys with JavaScript and DOM
http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/javascript/setting-and-retrieving-accesskeys-with-javascript-and-dom

Lloyd, Ian
Vitamin
2008

Abstract:

There are some things in the world of accessibility that appear, on the face of it, to be really wonderful ideas… until you scratch slightly below the service. What may seem feasible when putting together some guidelines on accessibility might not ultimately translate well to a real-world application. Hands up who can remember the last time they felt compelled to use a longdesc attribute? And what about the accesskey attribute? Oh, you have used them you say. OK, let’s back up a little and find out what went wrong here.