[Bug 27085] New: Accessible name and description calculation is not correct for Mac / AXAPI

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27085

            Bug ID: 27085
           Summary: Accessible name and description calculation is not
                    correct for Mac / AXAPI
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML a11y APIs (editor: Steve Faulkner, Cynthia
                    Shelly)
          Assignee: faulkner.steve@gmail.com
          Reporter: dmazzoni@google.com
        QA Contact: sideshowbarker+html-a11y-api@gmail.com
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-admin@w3.org,
                    public-html-bugzilla@w3.org,
                    public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org

Accessible name and description: this section needs to better explain the
differences between name and description, and it should take Mac into account.
I think it's particularly confusing when an element has both a name and
description, because screen readers don't all agree on what to do. Here's my
simplified explanation for Windows:

Windows:
The name is the primary accessible text, it's what a screen reader uses to
announce an object.
The description is extra accessible text, it may not be part of a short
announcement.

On Mac, it's totally different:
The title is the visible text of an object, if any.
The description is accessible text; if present, it overrides any visible title
and used instead as the accessible text. The description is what's always read,
if present - the title, if prseent and distinct from the description, is what's
only read optionally.

I probably got both of these descriptions wrong. I'm hoping that by posting a
wrong answer I'l inspire people to correct me.

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Received on Thursday, 16 October 2014 15:44:24 UTC