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Re: ARIA Landmarks question on translation

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Oct 5, 2012 8:33AM

Hi David,

>What is the best way to insure that ARIA landmarks are translated
>properly for languages other than English? I take from the following
>that ARIALabel may be the best way. Comments?

the aria landmark role names are tokens that are processed by assistive
technologies and browsers.
Any translation should occur in the software, not be the author.

regards
SteveF

On 5 October 2012 15:27, David Farough < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> What is the best way to insure that ARIA landmarks are translated
> properly for languages other than English? I take from the following
> that ARIALabel may be the best way. Comments?
>
> David Farough
> Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité
> Information Technology Services Directorate /
> Direction des services d'information technologiques
> Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique
> Email / Courriel: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Tel. / Tél: (613) 992-2779
>
> >>> Henny Swan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 02:20 AM Friday, October 05, 2012
> >>>
> Mobile Safari/Voiceover announces landmarks but wont identify them
> (i.e. it
> it just says 'Landmark' rather than 'Landmark - Main') however it reads
> the
> landmark out with the content that immediately follows it. As such you
> need
> to think about content order: try and have the H1 immediately after
> where
> the main landmark starts for example. Aria-label can also be used to
> identify a landmark as this is supported on iOS and Android as well as
> some
> desktop browsers.
>
>
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