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Re: Can I use Javascript to "make accessible" a third party app that isn't

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From: Paul Collins
Date: Jan 21, 2009 7:50AM

Hi Marissa, welcome to the Forum!

I would like to know what are the cirumstances are for the "special" form fields. Although the general consensus is all form fields should have a label, I could think of some examples where it doesn't need a label, such as "Date", because you'd need three select boxes for it and the design may not have a label for each of three - just the "date" one at the start. I'm sure I'll be debated on this, but the example is more to prove that every form is different and has different fields.

I believe in an example like above, you could add a title to each form field, as titles on a form field are read out by the majority of assistive software. (Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone?)

So, it would be worth assessing each form field on an individual basis. Forms are supposed to work without the use of Javascript to be accessible, so this wouldn't really be a worthwhile solution. It may help some screen readers that support Javascript though.

Also, you can get a trial version for JAWS and the other major screen readers I think.

Cheers
Paul