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Re: how to make use of asterisks accessible

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Nov 8, 2012 5:42PM

i would not say don't use them to indicate required fields but use
offscreen text as well. you need to still use * because it is a
recognized simple and people with ld find it helpfull

On 11/8/12, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> An asterisk is punctuation? I had no idea. I still see forms that use an
> asterisk to identify required fields on form elements.
> I decided the block of content was poorly written and received permission
> to edit it.
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