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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.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:webaim-forum-
>> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Lucy Greco
>>Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:19 PM
>>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] how to make use of asterisks accessible
>>
>>hello:
>> I and many screen reader users turn off punctuation so i have no idea
>> ware
>>you put the * so i would vote for the footnote
>>
>>
>>On 11/8/12, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I have a web page I'm building that uses some asterisks to supply
>>> additional information. I'm wondering if I should move the
>>> supplemental information to the bottom of the page and link to it like
>>> one might do with footnotes, or is it understandable if it soon follows
>>> the
>>use of the first asterisk?
>>>
>>> Here is my context (pasted from a Word document).
>>>
>>>
>>> * PERS/TRS participants, or those with no retirement plan:
>>> * $17,000 - If you are under age 50
>>> * $22,500* - If you are age 50 or over
>>> * State Board Retirement Plan participants:
>>> * $17,000 - If you are under age 50
>>> * $22,500* - If you are age 50 or over.
>>> *The VIP maximum contribution amount shown above includes the Age 50
>>> "Catch-up Contribution" of $5,500 as described in the "Catch-up
>>> Contributions" section below.
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Angela French
>>> Internet Specialist
>>> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
>>> 360-704-4316
>>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>> http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
>>>
>>> >>> >>> list messages to <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Lucia Greco
>>Web Access Analyst
>>IST-Campus Technology Services
>>University of California, Berkeley
>>(510) 289-6008
>>http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
>>>>>>messages to <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > > >


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Lucia Greco
Web Access Analyst
IST-Campus Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu