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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Fri, Feb 13 2015 9:34AM
Subject: Accessible name calculation for links - test set and results
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I've put together a test page with different samples to determine how different techniques for setting the accessible name and description for links are rendered by screen readers in different browsers with different navigation methods. The results are also provided. Aria-label is the most consistently rendered method and the accessible description is consistently not announced on navigation other than tab or swipe.

https://labs.ssbbartgroup.com/index.php/Accessible_Name_Link_Test

Best Regards,

Jonathan

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Fri, Feb 13 2015 9:44AM
Subject: Re: Accessible name calculation for links - test set and results
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Hi Jon,
good stuff, note you are pointing to an outdated version of the acc API doc
,which includes a bug ("Otherwise use the summary attribute")
here is the latest version reference:
http://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/html-aam/html-aam.html#a-element

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On 13 February 2015 at 16:34, Jonathan Avila < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
wrote:

> I've put together a test page with different samples to determine how
> different techniques for setting the accessible name and description for
> links are rendered by screen readers in different browsers with different
> navigation methods. The results are also provided. Aria-label is the most
> consistently rendered method and the accessible description is consistently
> not announced on navigation other than tab or swipe.
>
> https://labs.ssbbartgroup.com/index.php/Accessible_Name_Link_Test
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jonathan
>
> --
> Jonathan Avila
> Chief Accessibility Officer
> SSB BART Group
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Phone 703.637.8957
> Follow us: Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/ssbbartgroup> | Twitter<
> http://twitter.com/#!/SSBBARTGroup> | LinkedIn<
> http://www.linkedin.com/company/355266?trk=tyah>; | Blog<
> http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog>; | Newsletter<http://eepurl.com/O5DP>;
>
> > > >

From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Fri, Feb 13 2015 3:17PM
Subject: Re: Accessible name calculation for links - test set and results
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It would be nice to include ZoomText and/or Dragon

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Steve Faulkner < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
wrote:

> Hi Jon,
> good stuff, note you are pointing to an outdated version of the acc API doc
> ,which includes a bug ("Otherwise use the summary attribute")
> here is the latest version reference:
> http://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/html-aam/html-aam.html#a-element
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>;
>
> On 13 February 2015 at 16:34, Jonathan Avila < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> wrote:
>
> > I've put together a test page with different samples to determine how
> > different techniques for setting the accessible name and description for
> > links are rendered by screen readers in different browsers with different
> > navigation methods. The results are also provided. Aria-label is the
> most
> > consistently rendered method and the accessible description is
> consistently
> > not announced on navigation other than tab or swipe.
> >
> > https://labs.ssbbartgroup.com/index.php/Accessible_Name_Link_Test
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Avila
> > Chief Accessibility Officer
> > SSB BART Group
> > = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> > Phone 703.637.8957
> > Follow us: Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/ssbbartgroup> | Twitter<
> > http://twitter.com/#!/SSBBARTGroup> | LinkedIn<
> > http://www.linkedin.com/company/355266?trk=tyah>; | Blog<
> > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog>; | Newsletter<http://eepurl.com/O5DP>;
> >
> > > > > > > >
> > > >

From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Fri, Feb 13 2015 4:42PM
Subject: Re: Accessible name calculation for links - test set and results
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The following link too may be of interest:
http://www.deque.com/blog/text-links-practices-screen-readers/
Thanks,
Sailesh

On 2/13/15, Ryan E. Benson < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> It would be nice to include ZoomText and/or Dragon
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Steve Faulkner < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jon,
>> good stuff, note you are pointing to an outdated version of the acc API
>> doc
>> ,which includes a bug ("Otherwise use the summary attribute")
>> here is the latest version reference:
>> http://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/html-aam/html-aam.html#a-element
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> SteveF
>> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>;
>>
>> On 13 February 2015 at 16:34, Jonathan Avila < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I've put together a test page with different samples to determine how
>> > different techniques for setting the accessible name and description
>> > for
>> > links are rendered by screen readers in different browsers with
>> > different
>> > navigation methods. The results are also provided. Aria-label is the
>> most
>> > consistently rendered method and the accessible description is
>> consistently
>> > not announced on navigation other than tab or swipe.
>> >
>> > https://labs.ssbbartgroup.com/index.php/Accessible_Name_Link_Test
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> >
>> > Jonathan
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jonathan Avila
>> > Chief Accessibility Officer
>> > SSB BART Group
>> > = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>> > Phone 703.637.8957
>> > Follow us: Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/ssbbartgroup> | Twitter<
>> > http://twitter.com/#!/SSBBARTGroup> | LinkedIn<
>> > http://www.linkedin.com/company/355266?trk=tyah>; | Blog<
>> > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog>; | Newsletter<http://eepurl.com/O5DP>;
>> >
>> > >> > >> > >> >
>> >> >> >>
> > > >