[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9445: All Input Tags are not Section 508 Compliance

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#9445: All Input Tags are not Section 508 Compliance
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 Reporter:  dmo7            |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  task (blessed)  |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  Accessibility   |      Version:  2.7      
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch 508   |  
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Comment(by ryan):

 Replying to [comment:19 Elpie]:
 > ALT text should not be used on inputs at all.
 >
 > Care also needs to be taken with labelled fields. Using the
 class="hidden" doesn't just make the label hidden to standard browser
 output but also hides it from most assistive devices, essentially meaning
 that a lot of work is being done in WordPress with the intention of aiding
 accessibility but which is not.
 >
 > Anything using CSS display:none is not discovered or spoken by screen
 readers.
 >
 > For example the excerpt is a labelled field, but the label is hidden
 with CSS "display:none". This makes the label non-existent to Jaws.
 There's also no title attribute for Jaws to recognise.

 I've heard JAWS reads these fine.  We put a lot of hidden labels in at the
 request of JAWS users.

 http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/tutorials/forms/hiding-labels.htm

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