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From: Surendra
Date: Feb 7, 2017 3:01AM

Now,I was just wondering if there's any fix for that.
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Rakesh P
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 2:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dialog boxeson NVDA

If screen reader is reading some hidden text while navigating through the
modal that does not make sense to the user, I will definitely consider as
an accessibility violation.


On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Surendra < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Thank you, Rakesh!
>
> I was taking it as an accessibility bug, because NVDA reads
> A hidden text 'Section' in case navigating through the modal dialog with
> Tab key. Isn't it an unwanted announcement?
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> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Rakesh P
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 1:45 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dialog boxeson NVDA
>
> Hi Surendra,
>
>
> That is not an accessibility bug. Since it is a modal dialog developers use
> role dialog. This causes NVDA to shift to the focus mode.
>
> It is expected that user need to press insert + space bar to shift back to
> browse mode and read the content.
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Surendra < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I hope many of us have been using NVDA for long. I do not use it very
> often
> > personally, unless there arises any serious need. Like in my office, we
> > have
> > to do testing in all possible scenarios on all possible platforms using
> all
> > screen readers including NVDA. Now, many a times, I get stuck on websites
> > with dialog boxes and pop-ups. Suppose there is a 'Table of Contents'
> > button
> > on a page, hitting of which brings up a dialog box having table contents.
> > But NVDA would not read the same until Insert+SpaceBar is pressed.
> Should I
> > treat this as an accessibility issue? Because, I've seen some websites
> > wherein focus directly moves to the rellavant area and we can easily
> > navigate through the page with arrow keys, as we do in browse mode.
> >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >