[il-talk] Unscientific Survey, What do Folks Like to Hear in website form field labels

[Gregory Rosenberg]

Good afternoon,

One thought to consider is to use label tags in the form. See: http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls#input <http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls#input>


> On 2015Oct 12, at 13:30, pattischang--- via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Agree with you on both counts.
> 
> 
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> 
> Patti S. Gregory-Chang
> NFBI Treasurer
> NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 12, 2015, at 11:36 AM, Ray Campbell via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello:
> 
> We're discussing how to best label website form fields at United.  Two
> things that have come up are:
> 1.  It has been suggested to United that the '*' (asterisk) which
> indicates a field is required not be read by a screen reader.  do
> people like hearing the asterisk?  I know I do, what about others?
> There is HTML and ARIA code that can be used to indicate a field is
> required I believe.
> 2.  They have various traveler types you can select when you book a
> flight.  For example, they have adults (18-64).  It's been suggested
> to them that they code the labels for these so that a screen reader
> user hears 'adults age 18-64.  I have no preference, but, do others
> feel you get that they are talking about age if you hear something
> like 'adults (18-64).  I know I do, interested in what others think.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.  There's nothing specific that I can
> find in the WCAG 2.0 guidelines about these items, so just wanted to
> ask what people think.
> 
> Ray Campbell
> ray153056 at gmail.com
> 
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