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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 9:30AM

They work but not like JAWS or NVDA. In VO OS X you press VO+CMD+J to navigate via form controls and then it will focus on the fieldset container and read the legend as the "group"'s accessible name. So "Legend Name, group, with 4 items."

It will NOT speak the legend text when you're tabbing through the form though like JAWS/NVDA.

Firefox/TalkBack on Android support fieldset/legends similarly to NVDA/Firefox.

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com <http://www.deque.com/>;
> On May 8, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Moore,Michael (DARS) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Paul,
>
> What about support in OSX Voiceover?
>
> 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> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >] On Behalf Of Paul J. Adam
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 9:43 AM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] any solutions for fieldset/legend bug with iOS?
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> I've filed one Mike, http://pauljadam.com/demos/ios8bugs.html <http://pauljadam.com/demos/ios8bugs.html>;<http://pauljadam.com/demos/ios8bugs.html <http://pauljadam.com/demos/ios8bugs.html>;>
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> 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> > <mailto: <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/>; <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/>;>
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>
> Paul J. Adam
> Accessibility Evangelist
> www.deque.com <http://www.deque.com/>; <http://www.deque.com/ <http://www.deque.com/>;>
>> On May 8, 2015, at 7:36 AM, Moore,Michael (DARS) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> 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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