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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Sep 13, 2018 3:22PM

Hi I can address this in a few days from a hhs view. I am located in NC, so
I can address after the hurricane.

Ryan E. Benson

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 15:37 Alan Zaitchik < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I have a feeling this subject has been broached before, but I cannot find
> it.
>
> I am working on PDFs that must conform to the (new) HHS requirements for
> accessibility. Some documents have lists (e.g. a page of References) whose
> list items do not have labels. There is in fact nothing in the text which I
> might cajoled or force into that role of label. These clearly are lists,
> but tagging them as such generates a violation of the HHS requirement that
> every list item must have a label. (That requirement was not changed in the
> new HHS requirements.)
>
> I could forget about the list structure altogether and tag each item as a
> <P>, but these are semantically lists, and I imagine a screen reader user
> would welcome hearing something like "References heading level 2, list of
> 10 items" or its ilk, even if the screen reader burped on the fact that no
> list labels are present. Would (recent) releases of Jaws and NVDA handle
> this acceptably?
>
> Any suggestions? Should I ignore the "technical foul" and generate list
> items without labels? Should I give up on lists and just create paragraphs?
> Something else?
>
> I would like to ask for the client's blessing only after hearing from you
> worthy experts!
>
> Thanks,
>
> A
>
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