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Re: screen reader announcing clickable

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From: Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC)
Date: Sep 14, 2016 7:56AM

This is very common. Many web "applications" and services have a click event attached to the body element which makes screen readers announce everything on the page a "clickable" a noisy nuisance to screen reader users but something that in interaction with people who depend on screen readers for access is that it is just that a noisy nuisance. What is much worse for these users is when the actual controls do not have accurate roles, accessible names or actions that will respond to keyboard events. These are real barriers to accessibility.

Mike Moore
Accessibility Coordinator
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Civil Rights Office
(512) 438-3431 (Office)