- From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:15:56 -0800
- To: Alexander Surkov <surkov.alexander@gmail.com>
- Cc: W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <public-pfwg@w3.org>, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
> On Nov 10, 2014, at 1:01 PM, Alexander Surkov <surkov.alexander@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Isn't the role="text" use case covered by other ARIA techniques? For example, will
> <p>I <span role="img" aria-label="love">♥︎</span> New York.</p>
Your example of only allowing the "img" role would result in the undesirable outcome of the user hearing the role description ("image") and other audible artifacts like pauses.
Quoting from the next line:
"""
In a screen reader using an ARIA 1.1-capable browsers, the user would hear "I love New York." On an ARIA 1.0 capable browser, the user might hear "I, love image, New York."
"""
Received on Monday, 10 November 2014 21:16:24 UTC