Re: Informative components of w3c specifications

Mark,

Thanks for that clear use case.  Would you be open to a role of note with
an aria-label of informative?


On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Mark Sadecki <mark@w3.org> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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