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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Aug 28, 2015 9:56AM

Judith

Did you discover anything more about this?
We may be seeing something similar.
Thanks
-Birkir


On 8/4/15, Paul J. Adam < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Can you reproduce the bug in a demo .html page? Checkboxes working fine for
> me on iOS 8.4 at this example page,
> http://pauljadam.com/demos/mobileforma11y.html.
>
> Apple would ask you to file a bug report likely. I've been filing them for
> VoiceOver OS X 10.11 and iOS 9 lately.
>
> Paul J. Adam
> Accessibility Evangelist
> www.deque.com
>
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>
>> On Aug 4, 2015, at 3:26 PM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>
>> Seeking advice regarding an iOS dilemma.
>>
>> Our testers reported a defect where VoiceOver users cannot check or
>> uncheck a checkbox in a task flow on mobile browser. Our developers say
>> the latest version of iOS (the recently released 8.4) is having issues
>> with the checkbox. Even the default check box is not working when
>> VoiceOver is on. This is only happening on iOS version 8.4.
>>
>> I read one comment online that this is iPhone 6 only. Not seeing much out
>> there about this. Can anyone confirm this is true?
>>
>> Has anyone encountered this and if so, what did you to do resolve? I don't
>> know what else one can replace a checkbox with for a comparison task flow,
>> but would love to hear suggestions. Seems like anything else would be a
>> hack and semantically incorrect.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Judith Blankman
>>
>> Accessibility Strategist
>> Customer Experience (CX)
>> WFVC Digital | 1 Front Street | San Francisco, CA 94111
>> Tel: 415-947-6583 | Cell: 415-601-1114
>>
>> MAC: A0195-171
>>
>>
>>
>> j<mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> > <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> >> >> >> >
> > > > >


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