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Re: FW: Adding a label to search box

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From: Becky Tindle
Date: Apr 17, 2006 1:00PM

Hi,

I am unsure what exactly you mean by 'onscreen text' when talking about recent threads of accessibility. I am UK based - maybe this is why I'm unfamiliar with this term in this context - could you explain what you mean when talking about assistive technologies and web sites?

Many thanks,

Becky Tindle

Jim Thatcher < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
Hi Larry,

Larry Hull:
>Accessibility checking tools will for the most part fail a page if
>the label element isn't used for a search box.

I am not sure what