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Re: HTML5 and iOS VoiceOver

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Nov 29, 2012 4:07PM

I'm currently on an XP machine so this is with IE8 and JAWS13.

If anyone would like to test it in later versions, please let me know how it
works.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Moore" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] HTML5 and iOS VoiceOver


> WHich version of IE are you guys using? You might have better results
> with IE 10 and the latest JAWS.
> On 29 Nov 2012, at 21:36, Bryan Garaventa < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> >>> >>> >>
>> >> >> >
> > >