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Re: Google Forms: Label issues

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From: Karla Kmetz
Date: Apr 19, 2012 11:53AM

Hi Jared,

Thank you for your quick response. It sounds like these issues may not
actually be a problem. The first label is the question text and the help
text is usually for formatting. For example:

Question: What date did you take this course?
Help Text: mm/dd/yy

I could just include that Help Text in parenthesis next to the question
text.

Do screen readers skip over empty form labels? If so, then the having the
Question text associated with the answer field should be ok.

Here is the link to a sample
form<https://docs.google.com/a/mail.usf.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkeyÞE0Q2hXN1B3NWtzeTh5MFhRTWlrM1E6MQ#gid=0>,
so you could get a better idea of what I am describing.

Thanks,
Karla

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Karla Kmetz wrote:
> > But I cannot figure out how to get into the code view so that I can fix
> them.
>
> You can't edit the underlying code in Google Docs or Forms. It would
> be up to Google to fix these issues.
>
> > Multiple form labels associated with one field:
>
> This is a potential issue because screen reader generally only read
> the first label that is encountered. If the first label is the
> question text, it may not actually be an issue.
>
> > Orphaned form label
>
> This isn't really an issue. This check has been removed from WAVE5.
> While having a label that is not associated to a control may indicate
> that a form control *might* be mislabelled or unlabelled, the orphaned
> label itself doesn't cause any issues. WAVE would, of course,
> separately flag any form controls that are missing labels. This error
> can probably be ignored.
>
> > Missing form label: This happens when I do not include Help Text with the
> > question.
>
> This seems very odd. I would think the question should be the label
> and that lack of help text shouldn't cause any issues.
>
> > Or are Google forms just not accessible?
>
> From what you describe, I'd say there seems to be issues with Google
> forms. If you have an example form we could look at, I'm sure we could
> provide a more definitive answer.
>
> Jared
> > > >



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*Karla Kmetz, M.Ed.*
Instructional Designer
Distance Learning and Instructional Media Services
University of South Florida St. Petersburg, POY 239
Phone: 727-873-4474