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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This issue has been brought up in multiple projects I have been involved with, ARIA modal dialogs only read out focusable items (form controls and links) while
ignoring plain text (e.g., instructions) when using some AT software. You can view an example for testing at
<a href="http://jqueryui.com/resources/demos/dialog/modal.html">http://jqueryui.com/resources/demos/dialog/modal.html</a>. I have tested with JAWS 13, latest version of NVDA, and Voiceover (mac OSX) on IE, Firefox and Safari. I can reproduce the issue with
JAWS 13 and NVDA on Firefox and IE. Voiceover seems to work ok.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We have found non-elegant ways around the issue, but it would be nice not to have to use hacks.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I believe this issue stems from the ARIA authoring practices modal dialog (<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#dialog_modal">http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#dialog_modal</a>)
keyboard interaction description which appears to only cover dealing with focusable items. So AT manufactures may have coded there products to follow the ARIA authoring practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">What are people’s opinions about suggesting modifications to the authoring practices to address keyboard interaction with plain text? Are there elegant cross-browser
and cross-AT solutions? Thankx.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Joe Humbert, Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Specialist</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">535 W Michigan St. IT214 E</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Indianapolis, IN 46202</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Office Phone: (317) 274-4378</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:johumber@iupui.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">johumber@iupui.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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