Re: [orca-list] Feature request: Orca should support Aria-Hidden

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Yes, I have the same question.  Why do you want to hide something from the
screen reader that sighted people will see?  I have heard of people using
hidden text to tell screen reader users about a page with a better interface
for them "Screen reader users click here for a better experience with out
site".  Sighted people cannot see it because it is a link that is hidden
using css or something like that.  I have never heard of things hidden on
purpose from a screen reader though.  

Thanks.
Alex M



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Subject: Re: [orca-list] Feature request: Orca should support Aria-Hidden

On 12/24/2012 12:18 AM, Eric Scheibler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Trevor Saunders <trev saunders gmail com> schrieb am 23.12.2012, 16:25
-0500:
> > As for what you should use that depends on what you are trying to 
> > accomplish, but 
> > http://www.marcozehe.de/2012/04/24/hiding-content-untangled-hiding-vs
> > -moving-out-of-the-visible-viewport/
> > may be helpful.
> Okay, interesting. But my problem is, that I don't want to hide 
> content from all users or hide it from sighted users and display it to 
> the screen reader. I want the opposite: all users should see it, only the
screen reader must ignore the content.

So you want to show something at a webpage, but hide it for screen reader
users. I don't really understand why you want that kind of feature. IMHO,
the final purpose of a screen reader is expose to their users the same
information that will get a user that doesn't use a screen reader. Could you
explain why do you need to achieve that?

BR

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Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias

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