Re: Regarding the accessible name calculation for aria-label within links?

Joseph Scheuhammer <clown@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
 
> As for how screen readers present this in application/browse mode
> versus the virtual buffer, that's beyond the ARIA specifications. At
> present, the specs state what browsers must/should do with the aria
> markup and leave it to the ATs to decide how to present it.

One of the controversies at the Toronto ARIA meeting was whether the spec
should prescribe AT behaviour. I don't think the controversy has been
resolved, but the balance of opinion seems to be against it.

Received on Thursday, 6 February 2014 10:44:17 UTC