WCAG 2.0 is divided into three conformance levels (A-AA-AAA) because the success criteria are organised based on the impact they have on design or visual presentation of the pages. The higher the level, the more restraining it becomes on design. For example, let’s take guideline 1.4 (Distinguishable), which is about making it easier for users … Read more
You should probably not try to do anything special even if you could detect that a screenreader is running. Even if you get it right for one group of screenreader users, you may get it wrong for another group. It’s best to concentrate on writing good clean HTML5 in the first place. Note that not … Read more
The problem is really about how the screenreader is supposed to reach the value. Groupitems are accessible from cursor via MSAA, but not via UIA. UIA is the primary API to use for accessibility in WPF. The core problem with UIA and WPF, is when trying to read controls which are found by cursor (other … Read more
The WAI-ARIA specification defines several ways by which screen readers can “watch” a DOM element. The best supported method is the aria-live attribute. It has modes off, polite,assertive and rude. The higher the level of assertiveness, the more likely it is to interrupt what is currently being spoken by the screen reader. The following has … Read more
This site gives the reason for your answer:- In theory, you should use aria-labelledby if the text is visually on-screen somewhere and this form is preferable. You should only use aria-label when it’s not possible to have the label visible on screen. However, with current support, you should always use aria-labelledby, even if you need … Read more
refer: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ScreenreaderVisibility display:none: will not be seen nor heard. * visibility: hidden: will not be seen nor heard. * text-indent: 9999: will not be seen but it will be heard. Most of the screen reader will not ‘speak’ display:none and visibility: hidden , but there are few screen readers like pwWebSpeak and HtReader which will … Read more
You can just put a title tag in the div which will do the same as an alt tag like so: <div title=”I AM HELLO WORLD”>HELLO WORLD</div> “I AM HELLO WORLD” will be printed once you move your cursor around it on a browser
Though this is old, I’m updating it for others who might find this question when searching later. @Matt Kelliher: Using the css :before and a data-* attribute for the list is a great idea, but can be modified slightly to be more handicap accessible as well: HTML: <ul aria-label=”Vehicle Models Available:”> <li>Dodge Shadow</li> <li>Ford Focus</li> … Read more