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Re: what is perceived when using Forms Mode

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Apr 11, 2013 3:04PM

Angela
I believe it would not be automatically spoken, no, not unless you use
aria live regions trickery.
If you have an url to a specific page where this can be tested, I'd be
happy to check it with Jaws, NVDA and Supernova.
Remember that once a user clicks something like "submit" usually he
would transition out of forms mode automatically, so this would only
apply to "inline error handling" so to speak.
If the error check happens after user hits submit, the focus could be
moved to that div/span/whatever.
hth
-B

On 4/11/13, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hello,
> Can anyone please tell me what the screen reader user perceives when in
> forms mode? I am wondering, is it just the labels and input elements?
> Specifically, if an error message is displayed in a span and is not part of
> the <label> tag for that element, will it be perceived?
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
>
> > > >