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Re: role status

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From: Michael Vogt
Date: Jul 29, 2013 3:45AM

Hello Paul.

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Paul J. Adam < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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.
>
I just had a look at your sample page for status at
http://cookiecrook.com/test/aria/HandsOn/6_HandsOn_AriaAdvanced/accessible/accessible.htm

I don't hear the text that is added to status, neither with Firefox
nor IE10, nor JAWS or NVDA. Is there a special setting needed for the
Screen Readers to make it work?


Thanks,
Michael