What is the purpose of making 3 priority level by WCAG? is it like? If client not paying extra or if we don't have much time then go for A If client paying then or if we have time to make site c...

I'm creating a website for a reading service for the blind and visually impaired and I'm using JavaScript (with jQuery) to print some stuff to some of the pages after the page has loaded. Will the...

When using the ChromeVox screen reader I find that it's possible to navigate to a select box and to select options, but I can't work out how to have the screen reader read out the options, which is...

I'm adding alt attributes to all my images to improve SEO/screen reader performance. Per best practice, images that are purely aesthetic should have an empty alt attribute alt=""so screen readers ...

We are concerned about accessibility on our web site and would like to see how it is perceived and decoded by a common screen reader?

if I'm already having person name under/over image then should i use same name in ALT text? alt text http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/227/6990285751.jpg <p><img width="125" height="15...

In this plunker example I borrowd from this thread, there is an awesome example of how to create a pagination grid using AngularJs. (My question differs a bit from this similar question.) In one ...

As per the bootstrap document, adding aria-hidden="true" tells assistive technologies to skip the modal's DOM elements, which explains the presence of aria-hidden=true in the main modal div. What'...

I've a problem to include new app icons. What I've already done is the following: I archived and validated my app and got the information that icons with the resolutions 120x120 px, 152x152 px and...

I have a collection of buttons inside a div, with some javascript to move focus between them in response to arrow key events. When I test this with NVDA/Firefox/Windows it seems that NVDA override...

I would like to create an accessible web page which contains a number of components that can be hidden and shown as the user interacts with the page. When a component is shown I expect a screen rea...

I am writing an HTML form in which the requiredness of some fields depends on the value of others and thus changes dynamically. I would like to present a visual cue of that requiredness by appendin...

What is the difference between these three for screen reader users?

I need help with a modal that fires when user is idle. It works great until I test on Firefox with NVDA running. There are issues with focus when using the arrow keys and when I swipe on a mobile. ...

I have a heading like this: <h1>This is a t<span>e</span>st.</h1> The tags around the letter "e" cause Mac OS X Voiceover to read the individual letters of the word separa...

My user interaction process is as follows: The user is presented with a drop-down list containing a list of cities After selecting a city, an AJAX request gets all buildings in the city, and inse...

I'm taking another stab at finding a way to make Ext JS Combobox components to be compatible with IE/JAWS. Presently we're using the following markup: <div role="presentation" id="combobox-1011...

I know that screen readers read for some elements/tags not only what they contain, but also the element/tag it self. For example: <button class="class-of-the-button">Text inside</button&...

on my website a user can click on a "livechat" button and a chat window appears. I was looking for some text to get read out (for accessibility users with a screen reader) When the chat window ap...

Some of the placeholder text I have in my app is a bit ridiculous for a screen reader (a sample MAC address, for example). Is there a way I can tell a screen reader to ignore only the placeholder...

I have a WPF application and part of the requirements are that it is accessible, including keyboard navigation and screen readers. I have had some success with a a Treeview in the application by s...

So this may seem like a very simple question but I can't get my head around it. I have the following HTML: <h2>word 1 - <strong> word 2 </strong></h2> I know that this isn'...

Phone numbers are typically all digits, ignoring parens, dashes, pluses, etc., so input fields for phone numbers are typically numeric. When a screen reader encounters a numeric input field, it'll...

This is a very (very) specific question, but would it be appropriate to use the alt attribute for a pre tag when using that to show ASCII art? It's essentially like an image (which wouldn't be inte...

Which method is most supported by screen readers - id and headers or scope attributes? I am finding conflicting information about how supported either of these methods are in associating HTML tabl...