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checkboxes not being read by screen readers

asked on March 12

I am working on updating my forms for an ADA compliance that we need in place.  However when I do a screen reader test on one of my forms I am getting error messages in the code and it doesn't seem as though the fields are being read correctly.  How do I get screen readers to read my checkboxes correctly.  See attached screenshot of the code as well as a screenshot of how I have the checkboxes built.  

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replied on March 15

Hi Kristin, what error message are you referring to? In the screenshot I can only see the ARIA labels. I also tested the latest version of Forms with NVDA, and it reads the checkboxes correctly on my end. Could you share a bit more detail about the issue you’re seeing and what your expected behavior is?

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replied on March 16

I guess my question is, the screenshot above of the build, will that work for screen readers to read the value? 

 

That is what I am looking for, the screen reader to read the value of the checkbox.  The Aria error is the only error we are getting stating it can't ready the checkbox value.

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replied on March 16

Can you paste the exact error? The screenshot doesn't show an error message.

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replied on March 16

Do these help?  And maybe they aren't errors persay but this is what the Aria error is.

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replied on March 16

Hey Kristin,

I just tried recreating this and I don't seem to get the same ARIA error that you see.

 

I'm only on version 11 though, but I wouldn't imagine this would make a difference between the two versions. Does this happen in a blank form with none of your CSS styling applied? 

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replied on March 17
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replied on March 17

I ran the test in the wave extension myself. The warning states a form label is present but not associated with a form control. This is just a warning, the individual checkboxes are labeled by their option choices and the whole field is wrapped in a group labeled by field's label. This way screen readers read "entering field label group" and then each checkbox choice without repeating the field group.

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replied on March 24

So do we think that my build above with the Label and Values will work fine with screen readers?  Or do I need to do something else?

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replied on March 24

You might not be on the latest latest version of 12. There are some slight differences in my version and the screenshot you showed. It should still be accessible, but we fixed some false positives in the automated testing (WAVE extension).

Regardless you should be ok though.

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replied on March 24

Laserfiche Forms Professional Version 12.0.2509.20409

 

This is the version of forms we just got upgraded to back on February 26th. 

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replied on March 24

You should be good then!

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