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From: Ken Weavers
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 4:42AM
Subject: HTML Label Tags
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I am a computer analyst/developer, and have been asked to add Label Tags to
a web page used as an entry form, to facilitate its use by those with a
sight impediment. My understanding is that by including the tags, certain
speech software, such as JAWS, will "speak" the contents of the Label Tag
while the cursor hovers on the field, which would not otherwise happen.

Having added the tags, I wish to verify that my coding is correct, and that
the "speech" occurs at the required times (but not if the Label Tag is
missing) - otherwise the change might be useless. My colleagues and I are
having some trouble testing this, not being used to JAWS or other such
software. We have tried Supernova and ZoomText, but are having trouble
setting them to the mode which will allow "speech" at the right time and in
the right form.

Can anyone please give me some help as to the best software to use, with the
right version and settings, and what to do, just to perform this simple
task? Once tested, I would not need to use the software again, unless
further changes were needed, so a free sample edition of the software would
be better.

Once I have established that the code to produce the Label Tags works
properly, I can release it to the rest of the university for general use.

Thank you.

Ken Weavers,
Oxford Brookes University,
England.

From: Peter Krantz
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 4:54AM
Subject: Re: HTML Label Tags
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Ken,

If the form is fairly simple and you have followed the guidelines
here: http://www.webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls.php

...you can evaluate the form code with one of the many free code
checking tools available. Try:

http://wave.webaim.org/

...or e.g. the Firefox Accessibility Extension
(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5809/). These tools
will help you check if you have connected label elements to form
elements correctly.

Regards,

Peter Krantz



On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:44, Ken Weavers < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Having added the tags, I wish to verify that my coding is correct, and that
> the "speech" occurs at the required times (but not if the Label Tag is
> missing) - otherwise the change might be useless. My colleagues and I are
> having some trouble testing this, not being used to JAWS or other such
> software. We have tried Supernova and ZoomText, but are having trouble
> setting them to the mode which will allow "speech" at the right time and in
> the right form.
>
> Can anyone please give me some help as to the best software to use, with the
> right version and settings, and what to do, just to perform this simple
> task? Once tested, I would not need to use the software again, unless
> further changes were needed, so a free sample edition of the software would
> be better.
>
> Once I have established that the code to produce the Label Tags works
> properly, I can release it to the rest of the university for general use.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ken Weavers,
> Oxford Brookes University,
> England.
>

From: Priti Rohra
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 5:33AM
Subject: Re: HTML Label Tags
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Hi Ken,

You can download SuperNova 11.53 from Dolphin's website. It is the latest
one and you can run it for 30 days.
To read the label associated with the form fields, simply press the "Tab"
key to navigate and you would listen to the label text read out by SuperNova
when your focus moves from one form field to another.

Hope this helps... !

Thanks & Regards,
Priti Rohra
Senior Accessibility Consultant
Net Systems Informatics (India) Pvt. Ltd. & BarrierBreak Technologies
Web: www.n-syst.com | www.barrierbreak.com
Blog: www.barrierbreak.com/blog

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Weavers" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:14 PM
Subject: [WebAIM] HTML Label Tags


>I am a computer analyst/developer, and have been asked to add Label Tags to
> a web page used as an entry form, to facilitate its use by those with a
> sight impediment. My understanding is that by including the tags, certain
> speech software, such as JAWS, will "speak" the contents of the Label Tag
> while the cursor hovers on the field, which would not otherwise happen.
>
> Having added the tags, I wish to verify that my coding is correct, and
> that
> the "speech" occurs at the required times (but not if the Label Tag is
> missing) - otherwise the change might be useless. My colleagues and I are
> having some trouble testing this, not being used to JAWS or other such
> software. We have tried Supernova and ZoomText, but are having trouble
> setting them to the mode which will allow "speech" at the right time and
> in
> the right form.
>
> Can anyone please give me some help as to the best software to use, with
> the
> right version and settings, and what to do, just to perform this simple
> task? Once tested, I would not need to use the software again, unless
> further changes were needed, so a free sample edition of the software
> would
> be better.
>
> Once I have established that the code to produce the Label Tags works
> properly, I can release it to the rest of the university for general use.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ken Weavers,
> Oxford Brookes University,
> England.
>

From: Rakesh.Paladugula
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 6:06AM
Subject: Re: HTML Label Tags
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Ken,
NVDA (Non Visual desktop access) is also a good screen reader. You can download this open source free software (screenreader) in the below given URL.
http://www.nvda-project.org/
Thanks & regards
Rakesh

From: Jason Megginson
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 9:21AM
Subject: Re: HTML Label Tags
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Ken,

You can also inspect whether label tags have been implemented properly by
"clicking" on the label text with the mouse. If the label has been
implemented correctly, the focus should be placed into the edit field.
This is a good way to check for label markup if you do not have automated
testing tools or screen readers at your disposal.

Note about this manual test: Newer versions of IE (versions 7 and 8) will
place focus into the fields if either 'explicit' or 'implicit' label
markup is used. We advocate the use of explicit label markup (matching the
'for' attribute to an 'id' attribute of a form element). This "click"
test is good to inspect whether any label markup is used at a minimum.

Hope this helps.
Jason Megginson
SSB BART Group
(O):703-637-8964
(C):703-244-7755