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From: L Snider
Date: Apr 24, 2017 7:53AM

I was doing some research on this a while back and found this source. It
looks like older versions of NVDA may have issues?
https://www.powermapper.com/tests/screen-readers/labelling/iframe-title/

Cheers

Lisa

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:43 AM, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Just be careful with the page title of the loading page inside the iframe.
> The page is best having <title></title> and <html lang="en-us"> to avoid
> issues with screen readers and automated tools such as WAVE and Axe.
>
> The iframe should always have <iframe title="Google Ad"> so screen readers
> announce the type of iframe. If the title attribute is missing the screen
> reader would read the page title that is loaded in the iframe.
>
> Those simple tricks and proper semantic will keep the flow proper with a
> great UX.
>
>