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Re: wai-aria presentation roles vs skip links

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Nov 14, 2012 8:59AM

hello:
as a dragon user i know that it does not support landmarks. there is
no way for a non screen reader user to even know that there is a land
mark so how would dragon users know to use them. i do think that
j-say can use landmarks but its the jaws part of it not dragon

On 11/14/12, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Nancy
>
> I would say, unfortunately, yes.
> Some A.T. has not yet adapted WAI-ARIA compatibility, though it is
> happening (upcoming Window Eyes v8.0 has ARIA support, it is coming,
> same with Supernova v14, both are screen readers, but keep in mind
> upgrades can be expensive and many users will not upgrade overnight).
> Again, these are just two apps off the top of my head, not pointing to
> them as examples of behind-the-times mentality or bad practice in any
> way.
> For backwards compatibility I would keep skip-to links for some time
> to come. It seems ARIA is really taking hold now, and my answer might
> be different in a year, but I do think it is safe to keep these in.
> Of course another way to look at these it what is available i free
> screen reading or other A.T. apps (NvDA, Google Chrome Vox etc.) all
> of which do support skip-links, and say users need to use these since
> they are freely available, but people are creatures of habit, and it
> will also take time. I only mentioned screen readers because I am not
> so sure about Dragon Dictate and other software support of ARIA,
> though I do believe dictation software does not yet support these
> landmarks.
>
> Cheers
> -B
>
> On 11/14/12, Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I add presentation wai-aria roles, do I still need to use skip links?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Nancy
>> >> >> >>
> > > >


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