Monthly Archives: October 2010

Using WAI ARIA Landmark Roles – updated

For ARIA landmark support in screen readers refer to: HTML5 Accessibility Chops: ARIA landmark support WAI-ARIA Landmark Roles The WAI ARIA specification defines a set of specialised “landmark” roles. These roles provide a method to programmatically identify commonly found sections … Continue reading

Posted in HTML, HTML 5, iPhone, JAWS, landmark roles, NVDA, Safari, Screen Readers, Standards, VoiceOver, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, Window Eyes, WordPress, Zoomtext | 35 Comments

HTML5 accessibility

New site launched: www.HTML5accessibility.com a web site providing information about browser accessibility support for HTML5 features. It also provides links to work arounds for lack of browser implementation, so that you can use your favourite new HTML5 features and also … Continue reading

Posted in Firefox, Google Chrome, HTML5, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Screen Readers, VoiceOver, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | Tagged | 3 Comments

JAWS Support for ARIA

Freedom scientific have provided documentation on how the JAWS screen reader support WAI-ARIA. It is available as a microsoft word document. Below is the same information in HTML format

Posted in Assistive Technology, HTML, HTML5, JAWS, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 4 Comments