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Re: does datepicker have to be accessible

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From: Michael.Moore
Date: Feb 8, 2011 7:48AM

Since enter date (mm/dd/yyyy) is not very screen reader friendly since the screen reader (JFW) will say "Yi Yi" for the year. We usually do something like "two digit month, slash two digit day, slash four digit year." Then we capture whatever the user puts in, make sure that there are enough digits and reformat as necessary in the validation script. You can place the text for the formatting as the alt text for a 1px gif located within the label.

Mike Moore