WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: HTML5 and iOS VoiceOver

for

From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Nov 29, 2012 2:36PM

Possibly, but this looks like a screen reader bug to me, since the same
information should be conveyed via aria-setsize and aria-posinset in the
same manner as a listbox control would be.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bourne, Sarah (ITD)" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] HTML5 and iOS VoiceOver


> Bryan, do you think that is because the ARIA role is superseding (and
> suppressing) the native OL/LI role?
>
> sb
>
> Sarah E. Bourne
> Director of Assistive Technology &
> Mass.Gov Chief Technology Strategist
> Information Technology Division
> Commonwealth of Massachusetts
> 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 1601 Boston MA 02108
> 617-626-4502
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.mass.gov/itd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Bryan Garaventa
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 3:21 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] HTML5 and iOS VoiceOver
>
> I was referring to Voiceover feedback in iOS devices, but adding these
> attributes to a standard list element doesn't appear to work properly in
> JAWS and IE for instance.
>
> E.G
>
>
> <ol>
> <li>
> Apple
> </li>
> <li>
> Orange
> </li>
> <li>
> Banana
> </li>
> </ol>
>
> <ol role="list">
> <li role="listitem" aria-setsize="3" aria-posinset="1"> Apple </li> <li
> role="listitem" aria-setsize="3" aria-posinset="2"> Orange </li> <li
> role="listitem" aria-setsize="3" aria-posinset="3"> Banana </li> </ol>
>
> If you try this, JAWS announces the numbers correctly on the standard OL
> tag, but not on the ARIA marked up tag.
>
> > >