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From: Mike Barlow
Date: May 17, 2016 8:12AM

One of my contacts just brought up something I hadn't heard of before. They
have a form that they set the default focus to the first input field on the
form but was told that was a violation because screen readers would not
read the top of the page if the focus was set into a field. Now, I haven't
tested the screen reader doing that, but I'm pretty sure that's correct
(that's pretty much how the "Skip Navigation" works). However, I'm not
certain if that is really a violation or not (don't recall any particular
Guideline that addresses that particular issue).

Any thoughts/help?

Thanks
*Mike Barlow*
Web Application Developer
Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME

Lancaster, Pa 17601
Office: 732.835-7557
Cell: 732.682.8226
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