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From: allyssa jessicon
Date: Dec 2, 2022 4:02AM

I could see a lot of guidelines under Section 502.3. Do you mean all
of this guideline may fail if not met? That should be a lot of work to
be done.

On 12/2/22, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> On 02/12/2022 10:31, allyssa jessicon wrote:
>> This is not a WCAG violation.
>>
>> Patrick, are you trying to say the insertion point in a webpage is
>> controlled by OS/AT/Browser and when it comes to the mobile platform
>> iOS/Android, its not controllable by application dev and so is a
>> Section 508 failure?
>
> Not just mobile platform, but relates to actual software products in
> general (which may be implementing their own input handling etc from
> basic principles, so need to make sure they communicate information
> correctly to assistive technologies...something that, for web content,
> is handled already by the browser/OS)
>
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