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Re: headings, html5 sectioning content, best practice

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From: dawn@dawnbudge.co.uk
Date: Nov 12, 2014 7:33AM

Thanks both, dilemma solved. When I read that JAWS 15 had removed its
broken algorithm, I somehow interpreted that as they had fixed it, rather
than deleted it.

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From: "Stefan Sollinger" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 1:02 PM
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] headings, html5 sectioning content, best practice

Hi Steve,

You are correct, as I said there were only some old versions of Jaws that
used the outline but in the wrong way. I can't remember the exact version
numbers, I think it was Jaws 13 and 14.

I suggested to add aria-level as this will ensure that these old versions
of Jaws announce the correct heading level. It's not needed for anything
else.

--
Stefan
On 12 Nov 2014 12:16, "Steve Faulkner" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On 12 November 2014 12:09, Stefan Sollinger < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:
>
> > your sub headings and it will work with all screen
> > readers:
> > (Example is an h2 heading, other heading levels work in a similar way)
> >
> > <h2 aria-level="2">
> >
>
>
> the aria-level is not needed unless you intend to override the default
> level semantics <h2 aria-level="3">
> for which I can't see a use for.
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>;
> > > >