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Re: Hidden Items read out by Voiceover and Talkback

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From: Robert Fentress
Date: Mar 26, 2015 7:25AM

Hi, Birkir.

I haven't played around with this much, but here is a post from Roger
Johansson that suggests visibility:hidden, in addition to
display:none, may sometimes also be necessary.
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201205/hiding_visible_content_from_screen_readers_with_aria-hidden/

Following the link trail further back, you see a Gez Lemon post that
spells out the details. That piece is from 2007 and focuses on JAWS
and Window-Eyes, so I don't know how relevant it is to VO on iOS, but
worth taking a look at, maybe.
http://juicystudio.com/article/screen-readers-display-none.php

Best,
Rob

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> aria-hidden="true" is required for Voiceover on iOS to ignore content.
> With that in place though, I have not had issues with Voiceover not
> reading what it shouldn't.
> Does it read the content on swiping or explore by touch or both?
> Leonie, any difference if you put a focusable item into the list? It
> should not make a difference, but just for completeness sake we could
> look at it.
> Thanks
>
>
>
> On 3/23/15, Greg Wocher via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I just tested this on my Samsung Galaxy S4 using the latest versions of
>> TalkBack and Chrome. The list is getting ignored on the test page as it
>> should.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Greg Wocher
>>
>> Follow me on Twitter @GWocher
>>
>> On 3/23/2015 11:57 AM, Léonie Watson via WebAIM-Forum
>> >> >> >>
>
>
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