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Re: role="alert" now in div but still not being read by NVDA

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From: Greg Wocher
Date: May 16, 2013 6:21PM

Hello,
I am using the latest versions of NVDA and JAWS14 and I can see an error
when I first navigate to the fields as well as when I put in a wrong
address or password. Also, I keep getting an script error on the page.
I keep having to tell it to run inspite of the script error.

Thanks,
Greg Wocher

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On 5/16/2013 5:48 PM, Angela French wrote:
>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Another example of role="alert" not being read by NVDA
>>
>> I would question the use of a role in a span tag.
>>
>> Have you tried replacing it with a block element like <p> or <div> and see if it
>> works then? We have come across issues when employing the span tag, which is
>> really more for styling, for purposes other than style.
>>
>>
> Susan,
> We put the error in a <div> tag and still it does not alert the user. Is there any way that the user can discover this error message by have the screen reader read what is on the page? I tried with NVDA (IE9 and FF 20) but I am having trouble making it read anything outside of the form once it is in it.
> Would it be possible to test it for me?
> http://168.156.9.250/GEDVerify/default.aspx
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