Seeking Best Accessibility Practices

Quiz 5.2.7: Screen Reader Visibility Test #7

Can we hide material by reducing the text and its container to zero dimensions? Please try SR Test 7 on every screen reader and browser you have.


17 Responses to “Quiz 5.2.7: Screen Reader Visibility Test #7”

  1. W Phillips Says:

    Firefox 1.0 with Fangs 0.81
    displays the text ‘These are hidden words”.

  2. Seky Says:

    Hi!
    Tested with Safari 1.2.4 on Mac OS X 10.3.8.
    It doesn’t show the text. And in addition it even does not find the text, when you search for it! (Sure, i found it in the source) Is this the effect you wanted to achieve? I find hidden text, which still remains searchable, to be more useful …

  3. Bob Easton Says:

    Seky said:

    Is this the effect you wanted to achieve? I find hidden text, which still remains searchable, to be more useful …

    The purpose of these tests is to find ways to hide material from the display screen while making it available to Screen Reader programs. You can learn more in the introduction to the first set of tests. The results you saw are what we want.

  4. Bob Easton Says:

    Jaws 5.0 with IE:
    hidden text is spoken, not displayed

  5. Bob Easton Says:

    IBM Home Page Reader 3.04 with embedded IE:
    hidden text is spoken, not displayed.

  6. Bob Easton Says:

    Fangs 0.82 with Firefox 1.0.3
    Fangs displays the hidden words.
    Firefox hides the hidden words.

  7. Bob Easton Says:

    Fangs 0.82 with Firefox 1.0.3
    Fangs displays the hidden words.
    Firefox hides the hidden words.

  8. Bob Easton Says:

    Opera 7.54 hides the hidden words.

  9. Bob Easton Says:

    Opera 8.0 beta
    speaks the hidden words
    hides the hidden words

  10. Bob Easton Says:

    WindowEyes 4.5
    does not speak the hidden words

  11. Bob Easton Says:

    Jaws 6.1 and IE 6
    speaks the hidden words

  12. Charles Belov Says:

    Jaws 4.0 with IE 6.0
    Virtual Cursor on - yes/no
    Virtual Cursor off - no/no
    Virtual Cursor on is default unless user has set their preferences to off.

  13. Bob Easton Says:

    Connect Outloud 2.0 and IE 6
    speaks the hidden words
    does not display the hidden words

  14. Roger Johansson Says:

    VoiceOver and Safari 2.0: Speaks the hidden words and does not display them.

  15. Bob Easton Says:

    Window Eyes 5.0 and IE6 does not speak the hidden words.

  16. Access Matters   : Speaking form labels - Summary Says:

    […] By the way, a second technique recommended in that same W3C example suggested using nosize. As James Edwards from Brothercake reminded me in the comments, that the nosize technique also fails in one of the current leading screen readers, Window Eyes 5.0. So, it too merits: BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT: Not a best practice. […]

  17. Catherine Says:

    I didn’t see anything with Windows IE 6.0.


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