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Re: Alternatives to LEGEND for a radio button?

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From: Bevi Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Sep 4, 2009 5:45PM

Geoff wrote:
> First off I'm not sure who decided that I as a screen reader need the
> "legend" tag.

From what I can tell, the "decision makers" appear to be sighted,
non-disabled folks who mean well but often take things to an absurd level.

I wish our guidelines could be written by screen-reader users like you,
Geoff.

And I wish our software developers would listen to you, too.

I joined this list (I lurk A LOT) because I wanted to hear what blind,
low-vision, and disabled users have to say. But what I hear from listmates
often conflicts with accessibility guidelines.

How do we change this?

--Bevi Chagnon
(trainer and consultant to federal govt publishers and web developers)

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