I'm researching the implementation of ARIA with HTML5 and have built a tech demo on my localhost to manage scope before exporting to a production website.
I tested using IE11/Firefox 23 and Jaws 15/Fangs - Firefox Add-in, after adding landmark roles to HTML5 tags.
None of the above mentioned browser/screen reader combinations recognize ARIA roles or landmarks (i.e. no change in how the page was announced before/after role attributes were added to existing tags).
The code I am testing with:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>ARIA Test</title>
</head>
<body role="document">
<div role="banner"> Hello world!</div>
<div role="main">Greetings Earth!</div>
</body>
</html>
Does anyone have any recommendation for triggering ARIA roles in screen readers?