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From: David Engebretson Jr.
Date: Oct 25, 2021 10:40PM

Lots of history in there Glen, thanks for sharing!


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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Voiceover bugs for Web

> It will likely be around to stay and will most likely make it into the
> ARIA specification at some point, and is safe to use now.
>

That might be a bit generous. Until something is in the spec, I would not
consider it safe to use. There was a text role batted around for a while
by the ARIA committee but it was decided to not include it in the spec. It
*might* make it in one day but unless you're on the committee lobbying for
it, there's no guarantee it'll ever be there.

https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/track/issues/435
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2011Apr/0007.html