- From: Sailesh Panchang <sailesh.panchang@deque.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:09:49 -0400
- To: "Homme, James" <james.homme@highmark.com>
- Cc: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi Jim, In JAWS set vervosity option for forms to read label and title if different. WinEyes or NVDA do not seem to have this option. I take it the text within the title is not required to be visible normally (unless moused over), as per the UI specs, right? Sailesh On 10/18/11, Homme, James <james.homme@highmark.com> wrote: > Hi, > As I was changing a form to make it accessible, I noticed the following: > > * If I put a label tag around a piece of text, use the for attribute, and > add the i d attribute to the input tag, JAWS speaks the field label text in > my label tag. > > * If I also add the title attribute, with different text, in the input tag, > JAWS speaks my title attribute, and ignores my field label text. > > I have no other screen reader to compare this with to see if it renders > differently. I thought that a screen reader should handle the two pieces of > text separately. Am I off base with my thinking? > > Thanks. > > Jim > > This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended > solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately > and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not > keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's > prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not > necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or > affiliates. >
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