Test: Screen reader handling when asterisk characters are used as required field indicators
Last updated: July 20, 2012
Notes
TODO
Testing form controls without aria-required
Results
- JAWS13+IE8 reads the asterisks as "star"
- NVDA2012.1+IE8 does not read asterisks unless the user uses character-by-character reading mode
Testing form controls with aria-required="true"
Results
- JAWS13+IE8 reads the asterisks as "star" and say "edit/combobox required" (or "required edit/combobox", depending on mode)
- NVDA2012.1+IE8 does not read asterisks (unless the user uses character-by-character reading mode), but will say "edit/combobox required"