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Re: Labelling a "fill in the blank" form field

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Apr 30, 2018 4:59AM

Hi Mallory,

Thanks for these great examples.

Unfortunately, using JAWS 2018 with advanced user verbosity, I can't
get the value of aria-describedby on any field. So this solution is
close but not perfect for our needs.

My solution of combining three labels, the middle of which is a hidden
label that says "[fill in the blank]" seems to work well.

Cheers.

On 27/04/2018, Clayton Silva < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Any thoughts on how to work with fill in the blank when HTML and question
> rewriting/reordering are not options?
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> I am specifically thinking about cases where the fill-in part is not
> necessarily meant to receive an answer, but rather where the whole question
> is an example and where the technology might be Word or PDF--like either an
> electronic version of a print publication or a public-facing draft of a
> print publication.
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> Some thoughts:
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> · using a pre-defined symbol placeholder
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> · using an inline/in-order image of a blank line with "fill in the
> blank" as alternative text
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> · using words in brackets like {blank} or {fill in the blank}.
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> All of these have drawbacks.
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> Clayton Silva
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