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Re: HTML5 and iOS VoiceOver

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From: Chris Moore
Date: Nov 29, 2012 5:40PM

IE8 is probably the problem then. Have you tried with another web browser such as Firefox or Chrome? IE8 has poor ARIA support.
On 29 Nov 2012, at 23:07, Bryan Garaventa < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
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>
>> 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
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