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From: Dawn.Igoe
Date: Feb 9, 2015 12:35PM

Hello everyone.
A question came up regarding coding predictive text for a search function to ensure accessibility. For example, when a user is entering an airport name such as "San Francisco" and as they type "San" results for "San Jose" or "San Juan" may appear in addition to "San Francisco."
We have outside vendors developing a website for us and we are trying to ensure it is fully accessible. However, this is one question we didn't have an answer for them.
Is anyone aware of what coding should be done or avoided to ensure the predictive text functionality is accessible? Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and best regards,
Dawn