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Re: Usage of title attribute or hidden label

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From: Gunderson, Jon R
Date: Nov 6, 2013 9:38AM

JAWS has support aria-label for quite a while, I think as early as Jaws 12.

JAWS will use aria-label even if IE ignores it.

Jon


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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Holli Smith
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 10:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Usage of title attribute or hidden label

I would have to test it to be sure but I think jaws and IE On Nov 6, 2013 11:23 AM, "Gunderson, Jon R" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Holli,
>
> What legacy browser/screen reader combination was Deque concerned
> about not supporting aria-label?
>
> Jon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 10:17 AM
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>
> I believe the recommendation at the deque conference was to use both
> title attribute and an aria label to support the maximum combination
> of browsers and screenreaders On Nov 6, 2013 11:14 AM, "Gunderson, Jon
> R" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Another option is to use the aria-label attribute:
> >
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/states_and_properties#aria-label
> >
> > It works just like the title attribute, but produces no tooltip.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > <input type="text" name="firstname" size="15" aria-label="First
> > Name">
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
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> > From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:
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> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 7:23 AM
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> > Subject: [WebAIM] Usage of title attribute or hidden label
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have a scenario where I can't use visual text label does title
> > attribute to input field or a hidden label will be a better option
> > to implement as per accessibility guideline.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jyothi
> > Accessibility Consultant
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