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Re: Implementing aria-label

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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Sep 16, 2016 7:57AM

I don't believe that's the question here. I assume that you have a situation with a focusable <p> or <span> that contains an aria-label and it's not reading out as you would expect. Does it have an accessible role? What is the purpose of the element?

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Applying tabindex="0" will make it focusable. Not my favorite solution, but maybe for a "goofy situation".

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Subject: [WebAIM] Implementing aria-label

Morning Folks,

I wanted to check with those who have robust ARIA background before I try to figure out a way for this.

I have a situation where aria-label or a message to the screen reader should be provided. This message must fire when the screen reader obtains focus on a p or span tag.

I know what you are thinking. Did you have enough coffee in you this morning JP? Yes, I have, but this is one of those goofy situations that we all dislike.

I am unable to use keyboard focusable objects due to precious page space. Also, the message will have to be repeated multiple times on the page. It can range between 1 to 15 times.

As I used aria-label in a span tag, VoiceOver read it. However, this fails for both JAWS and NVDA. So the goal is to make them speak this message as VoiceOver is speaking the aria-label in a span tag.

If it can be done through aria-attribute, that will be great. If not, I may have to add a JS function.




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