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Re: Counters on textarea boxes

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Jun 30, 2014 8:22AM

That's strange, I guess the links got removed? Maybe a mac to pc thing?
http://pauljadam.com/demos/mobileforma11y.html
http://pauljadam.com/demos/aria-atomic-relevant.html



Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

On Jun 30, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Thanks, Can you send me the link?
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Paul J. Adam < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> ARIA Live Regions are a good solution.
>>
>> The very last text box in this form, the message field, has a characters remaining countdown timer that switches from polite to assertive once the characters remaining hits the red zone.
>> Accessible Mobile Forms & Error Validation with HTML5, WAI-ARIA, & jQuery +(mobile)
>>
>> Here's something with a lot more experimenting:
>> aria-atomic & aria-relevant on aria-live regions
>>
>>
>> Paul J. Adam
>> Accessibility Evangelist
>> www.deque.com
>>
>> On Jun 27, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>
>>> How would a screen reader interact with a counter to indicate how many
>>> characters the user has left when typing into a text area box?
>>> Are there any that are accessible to the screen reader?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> >>> >>> >>
>> >> >> > > >