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Re: HTML5 and iOS VoiceOver

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Nov 29, 2012 6:10PM

It does the same in the latest version of Firefox, but works correctly in
the latest version of Chrome.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Moore" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] HTML5 and iOS VoiceOver


> 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
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>