On 7/07/2011 10:43 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:
>> I'm still not so keen on the pause
>> while description is catching up behaviour. Part of this is
>> design/implementation concerns; I'm very concerned about this tight
>> interaction between the screen reader and the system. ...
> The comparison to aria-live might work and might help find a better
> solution.
If this is to be done, I think this is the best approach. That said, I'm 
biased, as it was the idea I initially proposed. :)

> Is it possible to have aria-live regions be read out to the
> end and have the Web page wait until it is finished? If so, that would
> be the exact same mechanism that we require here.
It's not currently possible, so we'd still have to introduce something 
new. However, I think extending an existing mechanism (thereby 
generalising it as much as possible) is better than introducing 
something entirely new, particularly as it seems to make sense.

Jamie

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