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Re: math captcha (Drupal module)

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From: Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
Date: Aug 5, 2014 8:25AM

Good morning Listers,

What would be the correct coding for this math problem?

Susie Stanzel

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Sailesh Panchang
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:03 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] math captcha (Drupal module)

Couple of points to note:
Only the text Math Question and the asterisk for required field is within the LABEL tag... not the actual question. (also noted by Jim) So include the actual question within the LABEL tag.
Use aria-required="true" on the INPUT control and drop the title attribute on LABEL.
The explanatory text outside the LEGEND tag is not read unless one arrows up/down. So include it within the LEGEND or use aria-describedby to associate that text ... but a whole lot of descriptive text will cause a usability issue.
Sailesh

On 8/4/14, Jim Allan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> The problem should be within the e.g. <label
> for="captcha-answer">Solve the math problem 6+6</label> then it will
> be spoken and associated with the input control.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Dona Patrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> I'm evaluating a website for accessibility. This site has a math
>> captcha in which the math question is not read while in forms mode by
>> JAWS or NVDA.
>> The user can use the up arrow key to hear the question, but it is not
>> read when tabbing into the form field.
>>
>> It is very similar to the captcha on this page:
>>
>> http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/technology/typeability-keyboard-instru
>> ction-software-jaws-and-magic Where, while tabbing into the captcha
>> form field both JAWS and NVDA read "Captcha math question star edit.
>> Type in text."
>>
>> My gut says that this is an accessibility problem but I wanted to
>> check with the experts before adding it to my report. Do screen
>> reader users just know that if something seems to be missing from a
>> form field to use arrow keys to find it or is this a true
>> accessibility issue?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dona
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