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From: Angela French
Date: Sep 27, 2016 12:05PM

Hi Birkir,
Yes, I was looking at the view source. I can see it now when using Firebug. Not sure how this code is injected into the DOM. This is a WordPress site so I'm not sure I can even fix the problem.

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Help with a WAVE error

Angela
Are you looking at the DOM or the source code (you should be looking at the DOM, e.g. using browser developer tools or Firebug when the page is loaded).
It is quite possible the ARIA was added by JavaScript on page load.
aria-labelledby or aria-describedby need a valid ID reference. Then found, the content of that referenceis spoken as he element's accessible name or description (respectively).
If the ID reference is not valid (or is empty), you should get this warning.
If you use the aXe plug-in for Firefox or Chrome you should see this error as well as the snippet of HTML where the error occurred.
Maybe Wave does this too, but I know aXe does.
Thanks
-B


On 9/27/16, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hello,
> I am doing an accessibility review for this site:
> http://bridgetocollegecourses.org/
>
> In the bottom section of each page is a carousel containing videos and
> associated description. WAVE is telling me there is a broken ARIA
> reference. "An aria-labelledby or aria-describedby reference exists,
> but the target for the reference does not exist." However when I look
> in the source code I'm not seeing any ARIA used at all.
>
> If someone could help me understand this error in the context of this
> site, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet/Intranet Specialist
> Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
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