All posts with the tag of WAI-ARIA

4th April 2011 by Emily Coward | Web Accessibility

As we saw in Accessible Tabs Part 1 – The Problem, there are several accessibility issues with tabs created for the web compared to those created for use in software applications. Tabs on the web should ideally replicate the functionality used in applications, so they are more intuitive for everyone. In this article we will look at three existing scripts for creating accessible tabs.

10th March 2010 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

After my post about WAI-ARIA document landmark roles, someone asked me why they were so helpful to screen reader users. After all, don’t screen readers already provide shortcut keys for navigating through web pages?

23rd February 2010 by Léonie Watson | Web Design

The Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) specification defines a set of roles known as document landmarks. They can be used to programmatically identify key areas of content on a page, which means they can be interpreted by access technologies such as screen readers.