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Re: Do lack of labels for input forms affect users depending on "speech input"

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jul 13, 2016 12:20PM

See, this is why I have a lot of faith in my hindquarters.


On 7/13/16, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> to confurm that this only works if the lable is asosiated if it is not
> then dragon users must fall back on the mouse grid witch is painfull
>
> Lucia Greco
> Web Accessibility Evangelist
> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
> University of California, Berkeley
> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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>
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Re Dragon Naturally speaking, and I may be speaking somewhat out of my
>> hindquarters here.
>> I believe users can tell Dragon to fill in or focus on field "x" where
>> "x" is the text that appears to be the label for the field.
>>
>> If the text is programmatically designated as the label for that
>> field, I expect that process would be more likely to work.
>> Cheers
>> -Birkir
>>
>>
>> On 7/13/16, Lovely, Brian (CONT) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> > ...and 5. Everybody else.
>> >
>> > It's very easy when developing to forget that you've read the specs,
>> looked
>> > at the designs, asked questions at meetings, but users have not. It's a
>> > separate skill to be able to set aside what you know and then see what
>> the
>> > available information actually tells you. ...and to remember that not
>> > everyone participates in the same culture, so not everyone understands
>> the
>> > same symbols and patterns. Is there really anything about a hamburger
>> menu
>> > that communicates its purpose? A user who is unfamiliar with the
>> > Internet
>> > may not think to click it, or may be afraid to click on things to see
>> what
>> > happens.
>> >
>> > There is no "us and them" in accessibility. (unless I've been spelling
>> > it
>> > incorrectly, which is always a possibility)
>> >
>> >
>> > Brian Lovely
>> > Digital Accessibility Team
>> > <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >