- From: Mark Sadecki <mark@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:18:00 -0400
- To: Joseph Scheuhammer <clown@alum.mit.edu>, Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>, "spec-prod@w3.org Prod" <spec-prod@w3.org>
On 7/2/14, 10:29 AM, Joseph Scheuhammer wrote: > > Finally, why isn't the presence of the statement as the first paragraph good > enough? After the heading, it will be the first piece of text read by the > screen reader. Put another way: is this a feature screen reader users are > asking for? Hi Joseph, Consider the following use case: A note (non-normative) appears in the middle of a normative processing algorithm. For a sighted user, it is clear when the note ends (its contained within a box with a green background. How does a screen reader user know when the non-normative note ends and the normative text resumes? My suggested solution was to add a region role to the div with a aria-label of "informative." The screen reader user gets a nice experience; the beginning and end of the informative text is announced. Such informative notes often do not contain headings that can be referenced by aria-labelledby or meet the author requirement for section elements that a heading be present. Thoughts? Mark -- Mark Sadecki Web Accessibility Engineer World Wide Web Consortium, Web Accessibility Initiative Telephone: +1.617.715.4017 Email: mark@w3.org Web: http://w3.org/People/mark
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