Re: [orca-list] OT: ARIA/HTML: text only visible to screen reader

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi Sebastian.

There are a couple of things going on. The bug in your content is that
the "window" role is an abstract role and should not be used in content.
As a result, Gecko doesn't expose it to Orca as a window.

In terms of Orca, when one uses caret navigation, Orca is not looking
for window-like roles because windows should behave like GUI windows and
GUI windows are not something you can arrow into or out of. Thus if you
attempt to fix your problem by using a non-abstract role like dialog, it
won't JustWork(tm). I will see about addressing that in Orca master.

--joanie

On 01/17/2017 05:18 AM, Sebastian Humenda wrote:
> HI all
>
> For a project, we are trying to draw a frame around certain portions of text.
> This is essentially a div with some CSS. Now, it would be nice to properly
> announce that to the screen reader as well, so that blind users also know that
> there's a frame. Is there any possibility? We have tried the attached document,
> but Orca doesn't announce anything. I'm unsure whether that's due to a bug or
> improper usage.
>
> If it's a bug in Orca / at-spi, please let me know where and what to report.
>
> Thanks
> Sebastian
>
>
>
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