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Re: aria-describedby in JAWS 14

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From: Don Mauck
Date: Oct 26, 2012 1:27PM

Yes, I've seen the "use JawsKey plus R" in the exact scenario. This is because the current element has the describe by parameter as you note, that keystroke will get related text if it's there, however, I'd like the ability to turn that message off in quick settings.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sailesh Panchang [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 1:08 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] aria-describedby in JAWS 14

Not sure why on this test page:
i. a LABEL element is being used for aria-describedby association.
Both JAWS and NVDA have been supporting (in IE and FF) multiple LABELS that point to same INPUT i.e. both 'for' values points to one 'id' value.
ii. tabindex="-1" is set on descriptor of user name field.

Another irritation: For over 3 years I have experienced JAWS say "Use JAWS key +R to read descriptive text" on any element that uses aria-describedby with Firefox browser on XP and Windows 2007.
Anyone else see this?
I have reported it more than once to FS.

Using IE9, FF13 and JAWS 12/13:
aria-describedby value is read once only in (/ out of) forms mode on this page or other similar instances.
Sailesh Panchang



On 10/26/12, Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I will report this as a bug, if it isn't already reported to the BETA
> testers bug database.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patterson, David K (ITD) [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 11:37 AM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] aria-describedby in JAWS 14
>
> Hi,
>
> No, I am using JAWS V14 and when I went to the test page that you
> mentioned, I got the same problem with JAWSS 14 reading the
> aria-described lines twice.
>
> David
>
>
> > David K. Patterson, Ph.D.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of
> GILLENWATER, ZOE M
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:22 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] aria-describedby in JAWS 14
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know whether JAWS 14 has fixed the bug of aria-describedby
> content being read twice? See this page for a demo of this problem:
> http://wps.pearsoned.com/WAI_ARIA_Testing/221/56717/14519713.cw/index.html.
> I don't see this as being fixed in Freedom Scientific's list of
> enhancements, but I don't think their list is comprehensive
> (http://freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS14-previous-enhancements.asp).
> I'm not able to download version 14 right now to test it myself.
>
> As a side note, does anyone know of a way to work around or avoid
> triggering this bug in JAWS 13?
>
> Thanks,
> Zoe
>
> Zoe Gillenwater
> Web Accessibility Technical Architect
> AT&T Consumer Digital Experience
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