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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Jul 24, 2013 8:00AM

Status sounds fine to me, there's an example in the 2nd link I sent. Though I would use a method that works for JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver. It's pretty simple.

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

On Jul 24, 2013, at 4:04 AM, Michael Vogt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello Paul.
>
>> It looks like the demo is not working in VoiceOver because VO needs the live region container with a role already present in the DOM before injecting the error message.
>>
> Yes, I know that this fact is a general problem throughout the
> framework. JAWS is our first target, and it seems it can handle this
> in general quite good.
>
> Any feedback on using role status for weaker, more informal notifications?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
> > >