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Re: Carousels again

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From: Todd Magnusson
Date: Jul 20, 2020 4:47PM

Just a small reoly to the carousel thread in replies above. Android Talkback has an issue with <section> where it tends to read the entire content of a <section>, so be cognizant of that. Still not sure if that's a defect that's been reported to their internal A11Y mobile team.

— Todd

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Carousels again

Thanks Joe and Steve for clairifying.
I usually recommended role region along with the valid aria-label so
far in all the assessments.

On 7/18/20, Mallory < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> As a note, most of my recent audited sites used carousels for content
> (rather than marketing), in the middle of the pages.
> Most recently, they were used extensively for paging through article
> teasers. Complimentary would be weird in those cases.
>
> cheers,
> _mallory
> > > > >