DPUB pagelist role not necessary for accessibility; just use ARIA 1.0 navigation landmark.

[cookiecrook]

DPUB pagelist role not necessary for accessibility; just use ARIA 1.0 navigation landmark.

[halindrome]

Actually, we have had a lot of discussion about this. The collection of page numbers is essential for A11Y. In classroom environments, for example, an instructor will say "turn to page 25". Users relying upon Assistive Technologies need a consistent way to do this.

[mcking65]

Why is it better than

??
Is it expected that AT or specially designed accessible readers will
provide a special mechanism for going to page list? In such cases,
wouldn't most students use a reader function for jumping to a specific
page instead of picking from a list? That is how I do it in most
readers... I use the "go to page" function.

Matt King
IBM Senior Technical Staff Member
I/T Chief Accessibility Strategist
IBM BT/CIO - Global Workforce and Web Process Enablement
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Date: 04/28/2015 01:07 PM
Subject: Re: [aria] DPUB pagelist role not necessary for
accessibility; just use ARIA 1.0 navigation landmark. (#58)

Actually, we have had a lot of discussion about this. The collection of
page numbers is essential for A11Y. In classroom environments, for
example, an instructor will say "turn to page 25". Users relying upon
Assistive Technologies need a consistent way to do this.
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[cookiecrook]

@halindrome

Users relying upon Assistive Technologies need a consistent way to do this.

All the more reason for them to do it the same way everyone else does it. Using VoiceOver on iBooks for example, you can flip the page, use the page chooser at the bottom, or navigate via the table of contents.

[mattgarrish]

The page list is not a list of reflowable pages in the current document, but a list of references to the pagebreak markers corresponding to a print source.

[cookiecrook]

Still seems like a standard navigation landmark to me. What special behavior or semantics do you expect a screen reader would have for this? What special behavior do you expect for a mainstream user of this section of book content?

[TzviyaSiegman]

Thank you for your feedback. This issue has been resolved by editing the document to comply with the rules for extending ARIA (https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/wiki/ARIAExtensions).