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Re: ARIA Live and values that updates very quickly

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From: Caleb Tang
Date: Apr 16, 2015 9:23AM

There may be three groups of items in users mind.
1) Important to let me know immediately so I can react quickly (Assertive)
2) Interested, but not what i'm focusing on (Polite)
3) I don't want to hear this (Off)

You can consider the following
Step 1: Allow users to read the page first time (no live region announcement by default)
Step 2: Everytime user focus on the element, user can choose to assign the element to assertive, polite or off)
Step 3: For all assertive element, changes will be announced immediately (combine the label, values and action). Shortkey to commit the action is read out so user can react immediately)
Step 4: For all polite element, it can be announced between longer intervals, say ever 5 mins
Step 4 (alternative): Instead of offering assertive, users can press short key to read elements assigned to assertive list.

My 2 pence

Regards,
Caleb

On 16 Apr 2015, at 14:55, Moore,Michael (DARS) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> What if you provide the option to turn the stream on and off. Some people might be distracted by the information stream and benefit from turning it off. With it on, aria-polite would probably be fine.
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