RE: Labels and place-holders in form inputs

Hi,
In my experience, if you have both a label and a placeholder, NVDA and JAWS ignore the placeholder altogether.

Jim


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Jim Homme,
Accessibility Consultant,
Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
412-787-8567,
jhomme@benderconsult.com
http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions

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From: Userite [mailto:richard@userite.com]
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2016 3:17 PM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: Labels and place-holders in form inputs

I have an application that uses “placeholder” text inside a forms input field to tell the user what is required. This helps the form to be displayed well on a small screen such as a mobile phone. However I still need to include the <label> element (hidden via CSS) to comply with WCAG and ensure that *all* screen reader users can always know what is required.  My problem is that some screen-readers read both the <label> and the placeholder.
Any suggestions or comments warmly welcomes
Richard
www.userite.com<http://www.userite.com>