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Re: quick question: label for text input in the middle ofa sentence

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: May 24, 2016 8:10AM

The choices for this situation seem to be
1. Just repeat the sentence for the accessible name without indicating where the blank is
2. Repeat the sentence in the accessible name but include some indication of where the blank is (but perhaps don't use the word blank as that could be confusing as screen readers say blank for spaces sometimes)
3. re-write the sentence in way that is understood with no blanks.

My recommendation for non-assessment forms such as government forms would be #3 to re-write the question in a way that can be understood without a blank.

For assessments this may invalidate the assessment -- so perhaps #2 is better. #1 is unclear to me as you don't know where the blank is and that is very important information.

Jonathan

Jonathan Avila
Chief Accessibility Officer
SSB BART Group 
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