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Re: Regarding SC 1.3.1

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From: glen walker
Date: May 10, 2022 3:19PM

You'll want to see how your solution works on mobile devices too since they
typically don't have a tooltip. That is, how would a mobile user see the
tooltip for the buttons?


On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 1:15 PM Eilana Benish < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi Glen
>
> Well thank you very much for your answer
>
> and yes I meant SC 1.3.3 sensory characteristics
>
> the interface includes 10 buttons that right now have only label provided
> with aria-label
>
> sighted users can see right now only the shape of the buttons and screen
> reader users can hear the labels - exercise one, 2, three etc…
>
> Pressing enter or left click on the mouse on each button we'll open the
> exercise
>
> so, if I understand correctly, in order for sited users to be able to
> understand the purpose of each button two each exercise, then a tooltip can
> be sufficient here with mouse hover and with keyboard navigation with the
> tab key. so everyone can understand the purpose of each button.
>
> I do agree that if the buttons would appear with the text that says
> exercise one, 2, 3 etc - in the first place without mouse hover and
> keyboard navigation - this will provide the best user experience. but I
> guess that the client wants' at least for now, to keep the interface as it
> is.
>
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