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RE: Form Labels not recognized....

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From: Jeff Rhodes
Date: Sep 24, 2002 11:59AM

One thing you could try is to create your own "button" through css.
I have seen this done before by applying a style to the href that will
allow it to look like a button.

On 24 Sep 2002 at 10:36, Dawn Hunziker wrote:

> It sounds like the issue might actually be due to the fact that the edit
> fields are identified through buttons / javascript -- not plain text like
> the example you give below. I also contacted Freedom Scientific for
> additional information and their response was that Jaws doesn't work well
> with WebMail applications yet....
>
> I think the next step will be to see if the programmers are willing to
> change the look of their product so there is a hyperlink with plain text
> instead of a "button" next to each edit field.
>
> Thank you for the feedback and any additional suggestions you have about
> changes that can be made are still appreciated!
>
> Dawn
>
> Dawn Hunziker
> Assistive Technology Coordinator
> Disability Resource Center
> University of Arizona
>
> At 08:35 PM 9/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Can you point to the place where this is going on. You code sample is not
> >accurate but I suspect you were abbreviating. You want
> ><label for-"zip">Enter you zip code</label>
> >...
> ><input type="text" id="zip" size="5" ...>
> >
> >What part of this is causing trouble. If you do it like this JFW will speak
> >"Enter your zip code edit type a text" (HPR says "Enter your zip code text"
> >
> >
> >Jim
> >Accessibility Consulting
> >http://jimthatcher.com
> >512-306-0931
> >508 Web accessibility Tutorial: http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm
> >
> >
> >