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From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Feb 4, 2015 1:36AM

I wish screenreaders would all speak the same role for select boxes.
JAWS annoyingly calls it a combo box, VoiceOver I think calls it a
popup list or a picker item or something ... They're all different.
And now with the advent of combobox widgets things are even more
confusing.

Best, Lynn

On 04/02/2015, Lynn Holdsworth < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Surely it depends on whether it's appropriate to have an option
> already selected? For example, if I were filling in an insurance form
> and needed to choose the date I want the cover to start, wouldn't it
> be appropriate to set the three date select boxes to today's date?
>
> Best, Lynn
>
> On 03/02/2015, Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Thanks so much. I know when things don't seem right, but I don't know the
>> exact rule.
>>
>> Susie Stanzel
>>
>>