- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:21:43 +0000
- To: Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>, public-canvas-api@w3.org
Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com> wrote/asked: > I'm quite in-the-dark about how JAWS supports ARIA. > Have they published anything on the matter? From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:18:31 +0200 Message-ID: <AANLkTi=r5-zTMgz4F- g4dAkOb0wp3hFYmtu+_jA=mi5k@mail.gmail.com> To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net> Cc: Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>, w3c-wai-pf@w3.org Subj: Re: JAWS ARIA support documentation hi gregory have posted it in HTML format: http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=692 regards steve On 7 October 2010 16:48, Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net> wrote: > aloha! > > a note and a warning -- the actual document is located at: > > > http://www.freedomscientific.com/PDF/visionloss/manuals/DevDoc/JAWS- ARIA-Support.doc > > and as the filename suggests, it is in a proprietary format, rather > than ODF or plain old HTML or text -- the contextual text for this > document on the page rich cited states: > > QUOTE > JAWS Support for ARIA (Word file): ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet > Applications) is assistive technology markup used by Web content > creators to make Web pages more accessible for screen readers. > This is done by adding specific ARIA tags and elements to HTML > code. Read this document to learn more about JAWS support for > ARIA markup. > UNQUOTE > > ah, bitter-sweet mystery of life... gregory. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual > profit without individual responsibility. > -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net > Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/ > Oedipus' Online Complex: http://my.opera.com/~oedipus/ > -------------------------------------------------------------
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