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From: Jason Kiss
Date: Oct 8, 2012 10:47PM

Hi Lucy,

Regarding the headings issues, is the H1 nested in an HTML5 sectioning element, e.g., <section>, <article>, <nav>, or <aside>? If so, and you are using JAWS12/13/14 in IE, that would explain it. JAWS implements (albeit incorrectly) the HTML5 outlining algorithm. This will have an effect on how heading level is reported for headings nested in sectioning elements. See http://www.accessibleculture.org/articles/2011/10/jaws-ie-and-headings-in-html5/ for more info.

Checking out http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201103/html5_sectioning_elements_headings_and_document_outlines/ might also be of use.

Hope this helps,

Jason


On 9/10/2012, at 5:35 PM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> hello:
> i have been doing some web testing and have come across a very
> strange behavior. if i run the page thru NVDA and voice over the page
> shows an h1 in the right place and where it should be. however jaws
> shows the same heading as an h2. we have checked the source code and
> it is definitely a h1.
>
> as well, on the same page jaws has turned all the lists on the page to
> navigation landmarks. has any one seen this before?
>
> the designer is using the modernizr javascript library and i suspect
> this may have something to do with it but i can't tell for sure.
> before you ask i can't share the link or code sorry
>
> lucy
>
> Lucia Greco
> Web Access Analyst
> IST-Campus Technology Services
> University of California, Berkeley
> (510) 289-6008
> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
> > >