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From: Angela French
Date: May 2, 2013 5:44PM

We are having a discussion where I work about different ways to implement the display of form validation error messages so that they are accessible. We develop with asp.net 4 using Visual Studio 2010, which, if I understand correctly has limited support ARIA so that aria-described by or aria-alerts wouldn't be an option.

What is the most bomb-proof, most widely support means of displaying error messages that can be perceived by screen readers when in forms mode that we could implement given our environment? I'm assuming that only putting errors in the <label> tag or by using ARIA would meet this criteria, but am eager for other ideas we may not have thought of.

As always, I appreciate your input.

Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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