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Re: screen readers: forcing focus on forms

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From: Roger Hudson
Date: May 7, 2013 2:56PM

Hi Angela,

I think the short answer is yes. In my experience when testing situations
like this with screen reader users, many will arrow back up the page to find
out what is required.

Depending on the type of form control and the amount of
information/instructions required to fill it in, you could consider using
aria-describedby to associate the instructions with the first input.
Aria-describedby is pretty well supported by screen readers.

Roger