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Re: Embarrassing question - text isn't read but it's neither a control nor is it non-text content

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From: Steve Green
Date: Jan 27, 2023 3:46AM


I am wary of making such definitive claims of non-conformance based only on assistive technology behaviour. It may be a screen reader bug, so I would really want to see the code before declaring it a non-conformance. Has the behaviour been replicated on other devices with the same or different operating system and browser versions?

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke
Sent: 27 January 2023 10:29
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Embarrassing question - text isn't read but it's neither a control nor is it non-text content

On 27/01/2023 10:27, Detlev Fischer wrote:
> I think this is clearly a 1.3.1 Info and Relationships issue: Info is
> visually available, but not programmatically.

Seconded. Possibly even touches on 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence.

P
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