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Re: Indicating primar and secondary action links to screen readers

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Sep 7, 2016 11:27AM

if its a form and the register is the default that is helpful if there is
a cancel as well then the person knows that hitting enter will take the
action. then yes add the text default to the label. but if its a
marketing ploy to get people to click the link don't bother. just having
the screen reader user find it is enough to get us to desire decide if it
is some thing we want to do or not. but there is a rule that says don't do
any thing for one group you don't do for another. i.e. indicate by
color or styling that the element is different. so its ok to not add
information for a blind person that is equivalent to making the link
stand out if your not trying for w3c compliance

Lucia Greco
Web Accessibility Evangelist
IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
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On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Yeap, I err on the side of Sailesh's post here.
> I don't think screen readers need the visual emphasis that helps other
> users, such as people with cognitive impairment, identify the primary
> action item on a page.
> My gut instinct is to recommend removing the screen reader only text
> indicating this styling, because I don't quite see that it helps the
> uesrs any, it just adds to verbosity.
> Cheers and thanks guys
>
>
> On 9/7/16, Sailesh Panchang < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > A very strong vote for not using markup / structure that developers
> > don't have to invent and browsers / At do not support (uniformly) ...
> > like aria-roledescription
> > Proper heading structure will provide suitable context.
> > A user can discover primary purpose or topic of a page from page title
> > / h1 markup and review content that follows for primary action.
> > Is it clear explicitly that The intent for styling 'Register'
> > distinctly is to highlight difference between primary vs secondary
> > only? Do users realize this or only the author?
> > Also, as already stated, if it resembles a button, maybe it should be a
> > button.
> > Surely the 'Register' element can be styled distinctively so it grabs
> > visual attention but no additional markup to aid accessibility is
> > needed. ... Just like Submit and Cancel buttons can have different
> > colors for visual identification as long as their purpose is clear
> > via text.
> > Regards,
> > Sailesh Panchang
> >
> >
> > On 9/7/16, Jeevan Reddy < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >> the better way to communicating the primary and secondary actions is
> >> to use button semantics to the primary action and link semantics for
> >> the secondary action.. if the native button semantics can't permit you
> >> then use 'aria button role'.
> >> Cheers
> >> Jeevan Reddy
> >>
> >> On 9/7/16, Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> If I understand what you are saing, then this might lend itself to
> >>> headings
> >>> and sub-headings, as in h2 and h3, lists and nested lists, or some
> other
> >>> autoatically-speaking structure that developers don't have to invent.
> >>>
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> =========> >>> Jim Homme,
> >>> Accessibility Consultant,
> >>> Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
> >>> Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
> >>> 412-787-8567,
> >>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >>> http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-
> accessible-technology-solutions
> >>> E+R=O
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> >>> Behalf
> >>> Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 4:48 PM
> >>> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Indicating primar and secondary action links to
> >>> screen
> >>> readers
> >>>
> >>> Imagine you have a page where users can read about an email offer list.
> >>> The
> >>> page includes a couple of links and some text, but the "register for
> our
> >>> mailing list" link is visually formatted to stand out as the primary
> >>> action.
> >>> It is assigned a CSS class such as "primary action" or similar that
> makes
> >>> it
> >>> look box like (almost button like).
> >>> Traditionally I haven't even thought of communicating this info in any
> >>> way,
> >>> if the link has accessible text and is in a content location that makes
> >>> sense, and I don't think my stance on this has necessary changed.
> >>> But when visual styling is used to assign priority to links on a page,
> >>> well,
> >>> it is tricky to figure out if that info is important enough to look
> for a
> >>> text alterantive.
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 9/6/16, Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >>>> Hi Birkir,
> >>>> We try to advocate for as little off-screen content as possible here.
> >>>> Our view is that any site should try to make an equivalent experience
> >>>> for as wide as possible audience of people with disabilities. If you
> >>>> create off-screen controls, for example, people with motor
> >>>> disabilities who have site might tab onto them and get confused when
> >>>> focus disappears, and the same for people with inteellectual
> >>>> disabilities.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> =========> >>>> Jim Homme,
> >>>> Accessibility Consultant,
> >>>> Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
> >>>> Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
> >>>> 412-787-8567,
> >>>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >>>> http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-
> accessible-techno
> >>>> logy-solutions
> >>>> E+R=O
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> >>>> Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 4:02 PM
> >>>> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >>>> Subject: [WebAIM] Indicating primar and secondary action links to
> >>>> screen readers
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi gang
> >>>>
> >>>> I am contemplating a curious question from my team.
> >>>>
> >>>> They are wondering if they should use visually hidden texton links and
> >>>> buttons that are visually indicated as the primary and secondary
> >>>> actions on webpages.
> >>>> Basically primary action (or call to action) links or buttons
> >>>> (normally one per webpage) get unique visual emphasis via CSS, ditto
> >>>> with secondary actions.
> >>>> There is no HTML element or ARIA attribute to provide equivalent
> >>>> functionality programmatically (perhaps the aria-roledescription could
> >>>> be used for this purpose).
> >>>> Bottomline:
> >>>> 1. Is this information important enough so that it should be provided
> >>>> textually or programmatically? I have never made such a call in my
> >>>> findings, and I have never seen it done on websites I have audited,
> >>>> but it is a fact that this info could be important or at least useful
> on
> >>>> some pages.
> >>>> 2. If it is provided, is there a technique better than good old screen
> >>>> reader text to do so?
> >>>> I am not a fan of using heading tags to do this, I think it is not
> >>>> correct use of headings.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>> -B
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> >>>> > >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best Regards,
> >> Jeevan Reddy,
> >> Accessibility Consultant,
> >> Infosys Ltd,
> >> Bangalore, India.
> >> > >> > >> > >> > >>
> > > > > > > > > >
>
>
> --
> Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
> > > > >