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Re: headings, html5 sectioning content, best practice

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From: Bim Egan
Date: Nov 13, 2014 8:06AM

Hi,

It did happen in JAWS 14, but perhaps only in Internet Explorer. Here
the fix needed both the WAI-ARIA role of "heading" as well as the aria-level
intended.

Having said that, I don't believe that web authors and developers should
have to jump through hoops to rectify screen reader bugs. As a screen
reader user, I do find incorrect output of heading levels annoying, but we
soon learn what the cause is and don't blame the web sites.

Bim