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Re: Pipe characters and screenreaders (form field redux)

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From: Moore, Michael
Date: Dec 5, 2008 11:35AM

JAWS would say "Fields marked with a star are required" Then in the
form, "star same, star email address" Most users of screen readers are
comfortable with this approach. The most frequent error is that the
asterisk is placed outside of the label element, or the label element is
excluded entirely. These omissions cause real accessibility issues.

Mike