Implementing Rule N
§ 1194.22 Web-based intranet and internet information and applications.
(n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.
Question: does this include PDF forms, or just HTML? What about ASP and other dynamically-generated forms? These should be in HTML, anyway....
Assumptions: all field elements that are enterable should be accessible. All field elements that are readable should be accessible, including fields that are not entered, but are normally viewed.
How Should Directions for Filling out the Form Be Provided?
What Cues Should Be Used?
labels
alert messages (validation results)
What Functionality Needs to Be Directly Accessible?
default values
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