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Re: Forms, forms mode and static text interaction with Jaws.

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From: Léonie Watson
Date: Oct 6, 2012 4:28AM

Ramya Sethuraman wrote:
"What is the best way to deal with free floating static text in the middle
of input fields in a form? This means, it doesn't make sense to use
aria-describedby to associate the free text with any input field but at the
same time if the screen reader user is navigating the form by tabbing, it is
essential that he read that paragraph of text."

It sounds as though the static text has relevance to completing the form, so
would aria-labelledby do the trick?


Léonie.