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From: Angela French
Date: Oct 12, 2017 12:18PM

We are using the html required element (required="true") to indicate required fields. The problem when testing with NVDA is that focus goes to the required field but doesn't read the form label so the screen reader user doesn't know which required field they missed. The only way to find out, it seems, is to go back an element in the form and then forward again so the label will be read. Is this a bug, or are we doing something wrong? It works fine in Chrome. We've given up on IE or Edge with NVDA,

Thank you

Angela French
Internet/Intranet Specialist
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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