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Re: Use of live regions for announcing additions and deleteions

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From: Robert Fentress
Date: May 16, 2015 1:28PM

Live regions can be visible to sighted users. Some would argue that they
should be, in many cases, as information provided to users who are blind
may be of use to sighted users, especially those with certain cognitive
disabilities or those with a narrow field of view. For instance, if
someone is using screen magnification, clicking the "Add" button at the top
of the page may result in items being added to the bottom of the list, and
this change may not be visible. A notification near the "Add" button
indicating either success in adding an item or an updated record count
might be a useful cue to those users as well.

Best,
Rob

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Léonie Watson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I believe that live regions are not visible to a sighted user in the first
> place. I like your first choice the best and I think that is a good
> solution in my opinion.
>
> Any piece of content can be a live region. It can be visible to sighted
> people or hidden from sight.
>
>
> HTH.
> Léonie.
>
>
> --
> @LeonieWatson Tink.UK Carpe diem
>
>
> > > > >



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