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Re: Directions about finding buttons and links on a page

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 13, 2016 3:40PM

Yeap, 1.4.1, 1.3.3 is a very similar SC (it partly applies if you
refer to a location on the screen), but use of color is 1.4.1
I would not say something like "the only button on the page".
Webpages are so dynamic that that info could change, (e.g. if you
added a social sharing widget to the page), and people may forget to
update the instructions.



On 5/13/16, Brandon Keith Biggs < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hello,
> You could say something like "please click the only button on the page
> which is green and on the top left of the screen".
> This would tell a screen reader user to click the button, but chances are
> they already saw the button as they arrowed down through the page to get to
> the directions. If the button is labeled correctly, there should not even
> need to be instructions for the screen reader user.
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 5:24 AM, Alan Zaitchik < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
>> I have been asked about the following wording that might be used on a web
>> page:
>> As you navigate through the case study, click the green "Click to listen
>> to audio" button in the top left of the screen to listen to the exchange
>> between Dr. Greene and Kelsey.
>> There is only one button on the page with that label, and the mention of
>> "green" and "top left of the screen" is to help the sighted user find the
>> button, not to identify it in a list of multiple buttons.
>> Is it adequate to identify the button by its label even though additional,
>> visual descriptions are included?
>> I realize that the button text doesn't include specifics - it doesn't say
>> "Click to listen to the exchange between Dr. Greene and Kelsey" even
>> though
>> I understand that this would be more desirable, but we may not have
>> control
>> over the dynamic generation of the link text at this late point in the
>> project, just over the text of the instructions on the page. So my
>> question
>> right now is focused on the text of the instructions.
>> Thanks for your advice.
>> A
>>
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > > >


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