Hey, If you’re looking to include elements on a page (such as a checkbox) that you do not want a screenreader to be able to access and confuse the user with then the best practice is to add role=”presentation” to the element. As defined by the WAI-ARIA spec here http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#presentation Cheers, S
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Chris Vickery Sent: Monday, 12 September 2011 4:28 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] flat form with check boxes [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Thanks Darren, In our case, it’s a requirement that we use HTML, not PDF or word. Graphical elements are an option and it’s how they’re done at the moment, but I would have thought a Jaws user would find that quite confusing. I would think a checkbox symbol would be better practice because there’s no confusion for any level of user if there’s some interaction required ☐ but I might be wrong (and you’ve got to check cross browser compatibility). I like Joseph’s idea that you could fill out the checkboxes and print rather than submit. It’s a simple eloquent solution and I think a lot of users would get value from checking some boxes that they know they’re compliant with off the top of their head, then manually go through the rest with pen and paper later. I’m not sure if we’ll be allowed to do that though. The point of the page is that it’s a checklist that people can run through to see how their business complies with a general set of rules. The page wasn’t really designed by a web person so it’s a bit unclear what the intention is, for people to read the form as general advice or actually check off each point. We don’t have the option of changing the text or going back for clarification. The way it’s written means to me, it makes more sense as a check box list but not really as an <ol> or <ul> unfortunately. There’s a couple of options that would probably pass the bar to varying degrees, but is what is the best practice? Thanks everyone for the input so far. From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Darren Lovelock Sent: Monday, 12 September 2011 3:58 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] flat form with check boxes [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Hi Chris, Why not make the printable form a word doc or pdf for them to download, rather than coding it into the page as a form or image? That way you wont confuse the users and you have the option of still making the pdf form interactive. If that's not possible then I would use an image for the check boxes with clear instructions that the page is there for printing. Darren Lovelock MunkyOnline.com<http://MunkyOnline.com> On 12 Sep 2011, at 05:57, "Chris Vickery" <chris.vick...@oaic.gov.au<mailto:chris.vick...@oaic.gov.au>> wrote: Hi all, We’ve got some flat forms on our site, ie. They are not interactive forms, and have no submit button. They are indicating that it’s a check list that can be ticked once the page is printed. 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