- From: Elizabeth Pyatt <ejp10@psu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 09:03:25 -0400
- To: Bart Simons <bart.simons@anysurfer.be>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
FYI - If the code below doesn’t work, you can always add the role=“img” attribute which converts the aria-label attribute to essentially an ALT text attribute. See http://sites.psu.edu/gotunicode/2014/11/18/aria-for-screen-readers-not-able-to-read-symbols/ Hope this helps. Best Elizabeth > On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:42 AM, Bart Simons <bart.simons@anysurfer.be> wrote: > > Op 30/09/2017 2:20, Russ Weakley schreef: >> > A simple solution is to use an aria-label: >> > <span aria-label="minus 91">-91</span> >> > You can see this in action here: >> > https://jsfiddle.net/russmaxdesign/fhs8m6z1/ >> > If I understand correctly, aria-label only works on components in the accessibility tre that have an explicit or implicit role. If that is correct, it makes no sense to add aria-label to a span. > > Regards > Bart Simons > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D. Accessibility IT Consultant Teaching and Learning with Technology Penn State University ejp10@psu.edu, (814) 865-0805 or (814) 865-2030 (Main Office) The 300 Building 304 West College Avenue University Park, PA 16801 http://accessibility.psu.edu
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