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Re: Dogs, cats, ARIA, and JAWS

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From: R.U. Steinberg
Date: Aug 10, 2017 11:29AM

I would have to check on that with someone else why an aria role is
preferred over a standard heading. I tried an <h2> and JAWS didn't like
that much either,

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Ben Regis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi
>
> Out of interest, why aren't you just using an h2 instead of the span?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Ben
>
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Dogs, cats, ARIA, and JAWS
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> I have a layout that consists of a group of boxes. Each box is in a div
> and is a link to another page with more information, but there is content
> in each box including a span with a role="heading" aria-level="2. I have
> applied an aria-label to the box. JAWS 18 with IE 11 is ignoring all the
> content in the box including listing the headings--it just reads the
> aria-label. But I am told using the arrow keys, NVDA and Voiceover pick up
> the heading 2s. Any advice?
>
> I have put some code at https://jsfiddle.net/mgLtqvx2/
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