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Re: Screen reader experience if HTML 5 and ARIA used on required fields

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From: Roger Hudson
Date: Jul 22, 2013 9:16PM

Hi Jared and Denis,

I tested this a couple of months ago with a few different browsers and
screen readers. You might find the information interesting.
http://usability.com.au/2013/05/accessible-forms-2-required-fields-and-extra
-information/

Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Boudreau [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Tuesday, 23 July 2013 12:16 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Screen reader experience if HTML 5 and ARIA used on
required fields

Jared, are you implying that when both an aria attribute and a native HTML
attribute define the same property for the accessibility API, then there is
systematically no duplication for assistive technology?

/Denis


On 2013-07-22, at 3:46 PM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Both the ARIA and the native HTML5 attribute define the same property
> for accessibility APIs. There would be no duplication of information.
>
> Jared
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