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Re: Accessibility of a date picker?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 26, 2016 3:15PM

Whoops, I guess it is time to upgrade my Jaws to 17 *grin*.
Thanks for the info.


On 5/26/16, Bryan Garaventa < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> In recent tests, role=table is now supported in IE11 using JAWS17 plus in
> Firefox and Chrome, plus in NVDA in Chrome. This should also now work in
> Safari via webkit.
>
> The only variable that still needs to be worked out by JAWS and NVDA is the
> proper support of aria-owns as reflected in the accessibility tree, or in
> the case of IE11 as the attribute is meant to be used with multiple ID refs
> and how this affects the reading order.
>
> Bryan Garaventa
> Accessibility Fellow
> SSB BART Group, Inc.
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 415.624.2709 (o)
> www.SSBBartGroup.com
>
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