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Re: Are fieldset and legend still relevant?

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From: Joy Relton
Date: Dec 30, 2014 6:01AM

Hi all,

As a JAWS user myself, I suggest the following for consideration

Pages and code should be written and tested with beginner settings, the goal
is to code so that persons with disabilities can access all of the
information, not to test the level of proficiency in the use of assistive
technology.

The conformance with guidelines or standards should not be measured by the
performance of one assistive technology. Since I am writing this one-handed
due to the temporary disability of one hand being sprained, I am envious of
those with speech recognition. Unless things have chaned significantly, a
user of speech recognition cannot access and use forms which do not convey
both the information conveyed by the fieldset and the legend.