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Why Don’t Screen Readers Always Read What’s on the Screen? Part 1: Punctuation and Typographic Symbols

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January 20, 2014 By Paul Bohman

Screen readers are designed to do one thing: read what’s on the screen. That’s why they call them screen readers, right? You would think that…

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Using Aria-invalid for Error Indication

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January 3, 2014 By Sailesh Panchang

Aria-invalid=true Setting aria-invalid to “true” is a quick and easy method for indicating that a field has failed validation. Yet, its usefulness from an accessibility…

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PDF Accessibility: Everything You Need to Know

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December 19, 2013 By Deque Systems

2013 is drawing to a close and we wanted to highlight some of the best posts on the Deque blog you may have missed. Earlier…

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Aria-required=true: WCAG 2 Compliance versus Best Practice

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December 5, 2013 By Sailesh Panchang

Because the attribute “aria-required” is supported by commonly used browser-assistive technology combinations, many consider its use as the easiest and most optimal method for indicating…

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Accessible Dynamic Forms and Form Validation with jQuery

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October 28, 2013 By Dylan Barrell

Forms are some of the most important pieces of most web sites; without them, we would not be able to log in, sign up, purchase,…

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Deque partners with jQuery for a more accessible web

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October 9, 2013 By Deque Systems

Deque is now the official accessibility partner for jQuery, a feature-rich JavaScript library which offers developers a fast and versatile way to create dynamic web pages. The goal…

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