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VoiceOver is a screen reader for users with visual and ambulatory disabilities built into Apple's OS X and iOS operating systems. It describes an application’s user interface and helps users navigate through the application’s views and controls.

VoiceOver is a screen reader for visually impaired users built into Apple's Mac OS X () and iOS (/) platforms. It describes an application’s user interface and helps users navigate through the application’s views and controls.

It can be controlled using touch gestures on the screen (usually for users with visual disabilities), or with a hardware switch (usually for users with ambulatory disabilities).

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Accessibility issue with aria-controls

I am working on a requirement which has a button, and upon clicking on a button, a new panel opens on the right side. Using aria-controls i was able to get JAWS announce when a new panel opens up(when the button is clicked). But, it does not work…
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voiceover function disable on web page

Can you turn off the voiceover function on a particular web page? Or can I delete audio with js - jquery on the DOM page? (like when Chrome disables the sound of a tab) i want turn off VoiceOver function on a specific webpage! Thank you!
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Howto make HTML-Elements visually invisible but present in Voice Over

I have some information in HTML run in a WebView on an iPhone which should not be visible to regular Users, but should be read out by accesibility features such as IOs's VoiceOver. just putting all the information inside an aria-label="lorem ipsum…
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VoiceOver: How to prevent users from accessing objects outside the menu?

If you visit www.arbetsformedlingen.se from a mobile, you will find a menu. If you open that menu, you can only access items within that menu since tapping outside of the menu will close the menu. If you for some reason are using a keyboard, you…
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Text overlaps placeholder if VoiceOver is turned on on iPhone

I have an input with dynamically loaded value. When value appears on input field, placeholder should disappear. Everything works fine but when I turn on VoiceOver placeholder does not disappear and text overlaps it. Here is an…
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iOS accessibility method accessibilityPerformMagicTap is not invoked in background

I use this code in AppDelegate: - (BOOL)accessibilityPerformMagicTap { NSLog(@"Appdelegate = %s",__func__); return YES; } When I click the home button and two-fingered double tap while using VoiceOver activates, this method is not invoked.…
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Simulate VoiceOver accessibility tap on iOS

I know I can simulate a button tap with something like: buttonObj.sendActions(for: .touchUpInside) but that actually taps the button and doesn't activate the element for VoiceOver. I want to programmatically tap the element as if a user taps on it…
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How to make VoiceOver cursor scroll my webpage visually?

When a person is exploring my webpage via Voiceover (flicking from element to element on a phone, or Control-Option-right/left arrow on a desktop), I want the screen to scroll so that whatever VoiceOver is reading is also visible. What happens…
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VoiceOver in Safari iOS - hidden items still audible

The Problem: Menu items on the hidden menu are still spoken by VoiceOver See the prototype in action: mobile-menu.html Our website has a slideIn mobile menu for tablet and narrower viewports. In Chrome, Keyboard accessibility behaviors include…
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how to observe the events or detect the notification when the iOS system announce over a button or a label when VoiceOver is running?

When VoiceOver is running, I tapped a button, or a label, it will announce something about this button or label. I want to do something when announcement completed. Is there some notifications to help me observe when the announcement is…
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Jquery validate on accessible multi step form

I'm trying to create a simple multi step contact form that works well with screen readers and utilises the Jquery Validate plugin on each step. I have a script that changes the focus and announces a new page for screen reader users which is working…
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Voiceover with tabindex=0

Working on web-accessibility with VoiceOver. I have a table with tabindex=0 for each row. VoiceOver doesn't read the content of the rows with tabindex and it reads fine without it I had to use tabindex because clicking on the row shows more…
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iPhone - iScroll doesn't work when when VoiceOver is on

I have a Cordova Mobile application which uses iScroll plugin. To my surprise scroll doesn't work when I run the app in VoiceOver mode (three finger swipe up/down gesture). It just reads page 1 of 1 even if the content is existing for more than 2…
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accessibility of angular table in Safari and firefox

In my web page i need to use angular table. i have made it accessible and screen reader both nada and jaws are reading it fine in IE. however, in Mac OSx voiceover is not able to identify any data in table and whenever focus reach to table voiceover…
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Firing touchesBegan on a MKMapView with VoiceOver enabled

As an exercise with accessibility and a personal challenge to myself I decided that I'd like to write a relatively simple app. The app would show an MKMapView of the United States and when you tap anywhere on it, it uses an MKReverseGeocoder to…
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