Alex, I think what they are referring to here has to do with alternative text such as that commonly found accompanying graphics or images on webpages to give descriptions which screenreaders are able to read. It sounds as if they are saying that a site developer should be able to enable something similar for form controls, almost like a help tag, but if this is the case, it isn't something I am familiar with.
Thanks, Harry On oct 30, 2012, at 9:01 p.m., Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > My message is below Apple's reply, but the gist is that I want vo to say > something like "multi-line edit text" when encountering a textarea element. > Basically, I want to know if pressing enter in a form will submit the form or > insert a new line. I've never heard vo make this distinction, but Apple says > it does if the site is coded right? I'm a bit confused, as my (out of date) > knowledge of html tells me that the textarea element is multi-line while the > input element with type set to text is single-line. So, what extra coding is > required? Am I going crazy and vo really does say this? Any thoughts? > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: have Voiceover distinguish between textareas and single-line >> inputs in html areas >> Date: October 30, 2012 5:47:02 PM EDT >> To: [email protected] >> Delivered-To: [email protected] >> Received: by 10.58.29.71 with SMTP id i7csp418918veh; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 >> 14:47:04 -0700 (PDT) >> Received: by 10.68.217.130 with SMTP id oy2mr105658749pbc.144.1351633624005; >> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:47:04 -0700 (PDT) >> Received: from bz.apple.com (dabinett.apple.com. [17.151.62.52]) by >> mx.google.com with ESMTPS id yk3si2756599pbc.159.2012.10.30.14.47.03 >> (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:47:04 -0700 (PDT) >> Received: from lenham.corp.apple.com ([17.34.184.160]) by bz.apple.com >> (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-23.01(7.0.4.23.0) 64bit (built >> Aug 10 2011)) with ESMTP id <[email protected]> for >> [email protected]; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:47:02 -0700 (PDT) >> Return-Path: <[email protected]> >> Received-Spf: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates >> 17.151.62.52 as permitted sender) client-ip=17.151.62.52; >> Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of >> [email protected] designates 17.151.62.52 as permitted sender) >> [email protected] >> Mime-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT >> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII >> Date-Warning: Date header was inserted by bz.apple.com >> Message-Id: >> <653557344.4902358.1351633622229.javamail.snrma...@lenham.corp.apple.com> >> >> Please include the line below in follow-up emails for this request. >> >> Follow-up: 236112754 >> >> Hi, >> >> Thank you for your email. Apple relies on each application and web site >> developer to properly implement the necessary components into their >> applications that allow VoiceOver to work correctly. The functionality you >> have requested is already available in VoiceOver if the site or application >> you are using provides the appropriate alt information to VoiceOver. We >> recommend that you contact the app or web site developer directly to provide >> them feedback on the features you are finding do not work. >> >> Apple Accessibility >> >> Hello, >> One thing Voiceover does not do on OSX (or, to my knowledge, iOS) is >> distinguish input types. That is, a single-line input field (an input >> element whose type is "text", 'email", or some other variant) is spoken as >> "edit text". Likewise, a multi-line field, a textarea element in html, is >> spoken as 'edit text". Please add more description to one or the other so >> the two can be differentiated. For instance, have textareas be specified as >> "multi-line text input" so that users know that pressing enter will insert a >> new line instead of submitting a form. I realize it is a small change, but >> it is a huge help to screen reader users to know what that all-important >> enter key will actually do. Thanks for your time. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
