Top "Screen-readers" questions

A screen reader is a piece of software that allows people who are blind or have significant vision loss to use a computer.

bootstrap modal close button aria-hidden=true

As per the bootstrap document, adding aria-hidden="true" tells assistive technologies to skip the modal's DOM elements, which explains the …

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Why WCAG made 3 level "A", "AA" and "AAA"?

What is the purpose of making 3 priority level by WCAG? is it like? If client not paying extra or if …

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Is there an equivalent to the "alt" attribute for div elements?

Screenreaders will read whatever string is set to the "alt" attribute. The use of this attribute is specifically for image …

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Getting screen reader to read new content added with JavaScript

When a web page is loaded, screen readers (like the one that comes with OS X, or JAWS on Windows) …

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When to use <strong> and when to use <b>?

Possible Duplicate: Is it ok to use <strong> in place of <b> blindly ? When to use &…

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aria-label and label not both read

Please consider the following markup. <label for="i1" class="inforLabel">This is a label</label> <…

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How to notify screen readers using WAI-ARIA that a div is now visible

How do you notify screen readers using WAI-ARIA that a div is now visible? If we got the html <…

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Difference between aria-label and aria-labelledby

I found 2 ways of marking a zone with aria- attributes. First one: <div class="main" role="main" aria-label="Search …

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