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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Aug 19, 2014 9:33AM

Only if the user's screen reader fully supports ARIA dialog roles. VoiceOver for iOS does NOT announce the dialog or its accessible name but VO for OS X does.

NVDA and JAWS handle this correctly I think.

Not all dialogs actually use role=dialog, the application role also causes problems so it is sometimes avoided. You don't "need" a role=dialog if you trap the users focus correctly and give them a warning.


Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

On Aug 19, 2014, at 10:26 AM, Greg Gamble < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Won't the tag ARIA role=dialog tell a browser if a modal opens up?
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