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Re: Accessible conditional form fields

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From: D A
Date: Nov 2, 2010 3:12PM

> H3 are only read when not in forms mode, i.e. when using the arrow key
> to read through the document or using the say all command. when in
> forms mode (Jaws 10 and before) everything other than form controls is
> skip.

Interesting.

That raises some other questions. Many of the forms we create have
non-form text intermingled within the form itself. For instance, a
text field may have a label, and then also some 'help' text
afterwords. Or a section of the form may have a paragraph of
explanatory text for that section.

A common scenario I see often is a paragraph or two of text that is a
legal disclaimer along the lines of 'by submitting this form you are
certifying that...'

How to folks that use JAWS deal with complex forms that intermingle
non-form content like that?

-Darrel