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From: Ryan Hemphill
Date: Mar 22, 2012 9:27AM

You might also want to try this thing as an isolated case first to get the
bugs out - this is one of those situations where a model would serve your
interests by insuring that you are working it out on the isolated prototype
before you trying adding it into the rest of the page.

Incidentally, is this form content being generated by XML/XSLT? Just
curious.


Ryan



On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Ryan Hemphill <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I know that some people are going to think this is a terrible way to deal
> with the problem - but I think it will work.
>
> Push the JAWS screen reader into forms mode. It is only a step away from
> application mode and "Virtual Cursor Off" and you may get the results that
> you are looking for.
>
> One way to do this is to drop the focus (after clicking the button) onto a
> text field. Considering that you are adding form data, this might be a
> viable alternative. I strongly suspect that you will get the behaviors you
> described.
>
> If not, oh well - it was worth a shot, right?
>
>
> Ryan
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Humbert, Joseph A < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:
>
>> Hi Courtney,
>>
>> An ARIA alert could possibly be used. It is supported by most major
>> screen reading software, but I am not sure how each software treats an ARIA
>> alert, so a non-AJAX solution may be best.
>>
>> Aria Alert : http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-​wai-aria-20100916/roles#alert<http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-wai-aria-20100916/roles#alert>;
>>
>> More info: http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-​practices/#docmgt<http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#docmgt>;
>>
>> The entire WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices document is a good read. Hope
>> this helps.
>>
>> Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist
>> UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers
>> Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington
>> 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E
>> Indianapolis, IN 46202
>> Office Phone: (317) 274-4378
>> Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824
>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/
>>