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- Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:31:02 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13668 Summary: Generated content must be accessible Product: HTML WG Version: unspecified Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Keywords: a11y Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch ReportedBy: gcl-0039@access-research.org QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org, public-html@w3.org, public-html-a11y@w3.org The HTML5 spec should clarify that generated content should be included in the DOM, available to assistive technology, and copied to the clipboard along with other content. This applies to content styles add before or after elements (e.g. content: "Note: ") as well as numbers and bullet characters inserted before li elements, etc. Current browsers vary in their handling of this, causing problems for some users. Use case: Nadia's screen reader is reading her a document, but it doesn't make sense because the browser does not expose generated content, and thus the screen reader cannot detect or voice the explanatory text such as "Example:", "Note:", and "Warning:" added before the paragraphs. Use case: Ralph has difficulty entering text, so he relies on copy and paste more than most users. However, when he selects and copies a web page includes lots of numbered list items, then pastes it into email, all the item numbers are replaced by hash signs. Because editing the text is difficult for Ralph, it is much more of a problem for him than for other users who can correct the errors more easily. Note that it should still be possible to distinguish generated content from author-supplied content. I apologize if this is not the specific spec where this should be addressed, but it must be addressed somewhere. -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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