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Re: Clarification on forms mode of screen readers

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jul 26, 2016 8:01AM

Hi

If you ar formally testing a webpage for accessibility, I recommend
you run an automated accessibility testing tool, such as aXe, on it
first.
The tool will catch and report issues such as when a label is not
provided for a form field. That is easier and more reliable than
relying on a screen reader to do that testing.

Then you can analyze the code behind the webpage in a couple of ways.
I wrote an article on how to inspect webpage code with a screen reader
and Firebug:
http://bats.fyi/2016/06/17/using-firebug-jaws-analyze-webpages/
I used to test with the Wave toolbar from WebAIM as well, but I have
not found a good and easy way to use it with Chrome, and it is no
longer available in Firefox (I heard a rumour that it may be coming
back, I will be excited when it does).
-B


On 7/26/16, Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC)
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> If you are visually impaired and using a screen reader to test whether the
> form labels are properly associated with the form controls I recommend using
> NVDA to perform those tests. NVDA does not guess like JAWS does.
>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator
> Texas Health and Human Services Commission
> Civil Rights Office
> (512) 438-3431 (Office)
>
>