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Re: any solutions for fieldset/legend bug with iOS?

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: May 8, 2015 8:43AM

I've filed one Mike, http://pauljadam.com/demos/ios8bugs.html <http://pauljadam.com/demos/ios8bugs.html>;

It bothers me that <legend> an HTML4 Accessibility semantic element recommend broadly for forms accessibility for a few decades almost does not work on iOS with VoiceOver at all, you can't even touch the label or see its existence.

Maybe Apple will fix it in iOS 9? or 10?

#GAAD #BugBash Plug: Feel free to duplicate this bug report with apple, you can email them also <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> > with bugs :)
http://pauljadam.com/blog/gaad-a11y-bugbash-global-community-effort-to-squash-accessibility-bugs/ <http://pauljadam.com/blog/gaad-a11y-bugbash-global-community-effort-to-squash-accessibility-bugs/>;


Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com <http://www.deque.com/>;
> On May 8, 2015, at 7:36 AM, Moore,Michael (DARS) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Have you filed a bug report with Apple?
>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator,
> Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
> (512) 424-4159 (Office)
> (512) 574-0091 (Cell)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jennison Mark Asuncion
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 6:12 PM
> To: webaim-forum
> Subject: [WebAIM] any solutions for fieldset/legend bug with iOS?
>
> Hello,
>
> Are there any work-arounds to deal with the fact that VoiceOver on iOS is not reading fieldset/legends correctly?
> Paul Adam describes the issue here
> http://pauljadam.com/demos/aria-labelledby-ios-bug.html
>
> Jennison
>
>
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> Jennison Mark Asuncion
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