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On Aug 10, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > These are ARIA (accessible rich internet application) roles which provide > more semantic meaning to what a particular spot on the page really is. You > can read more about the available roles in the W3C's ARAI specification here: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#landmark_roles > > The spec for this was more or less done back in 2008. Browsers and screen > readers have been adding support ever since. I could be wrong but Safari/VO > might be one of the last to adopt. IE picked it up with version 9 and Firefox > had it back at version 3. I think Opera had it back in 2008. I'm assuming > that Chrome, based on Webkit, is also late to the game as it only recently > gained voiceover support. > > CB > > On 8/9/11 7:18 PM, Jessica and Goldina wrote: >> ah. what do those terms mean? and do you know why voiceover would be reading >> all this other text for the link and then when I interact with the link i >> get to see the link title that voiceover should be reading? I've talked to >> others and no one else seems to have this problem! but it makes browsing the >> web kind of annoying cuz I keep having to interact with links! >> peace and positivity >> Jessica and Goldina >> follow me on Twitter: >> http://www.twitter.com/canadian_diva >> >> On 2011-08-09, at 4:04 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: >> >>> The text that is being announced like "banner", "search", "main" and >>> "complementary" are landmarks. They have been there a while in websites >>> but, Voiceover did not previously announce them. >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>> On 2011-08-09, at 12:26 PM, Jessica and Goldina wrote: >>> >>>> hey all >>>> >>>> I finally was able to update to Lion last night! finally got the funds and >>>> got home from my cabin where I had good internet. the install went off >>>> without a hitch…easiest install I've ever done!! and I really like the new >>>> layout in mail though I do have a couple questions about it too. but so >>>> far I'm really loving Lion and have no want or need to switch back! >>>> >>>> Safari seems a little interesting, though. Voiceover seems to be reading >>>> some things rather interestingly that it didn't before. for example, when >>>> I go to my facebook page now, either the mobile site or the regular site, >>>> voiceover keeps talking about entering banner. leaving banner. entering >>>> navigation. entering complimentary. I'm assuming a banner is a frame, but >>>> why would the terminology change? also, instead of reading me peoples' >>>> first and last name as it used too, it now just says their facebook >>>> nicknames or sometimes just profile.php or a bunch of numbers. it's like >>>> it's looking under the link title at maybe a badly coded alt text? or some >>>> other text not visible on the screen. why would it be doing this? I'm not >>>> one for moving backwards to classic views or anything like that, I'd >>>> rather move forward and take changes in technology as they come, but this >>>> announcing things weirdly could make a lot of websites look less >>>> accessible than they are. is anyone else finding this and is there a way >>>> to get voiceover to read things on websites as they are? >>>> >>>> thanks and I hope you all are having a great day! >>>> peace and positivity >>>> Jessica and Goldina >>>> follow me on Twitter: >>>> http://www.twitter.com/canadian_diva >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
