Aria-Describedby referring to a checkmark

OK: Username: ✓test

Results

JAWS 15 or NVDA 2014.3 VoiceOver doesn't read it.

Code

<div class="success">

<label for="username">

<strong>OK:</strong> Username:

</label>

<input type="text" name="username"

id="username" value="spaceteddy13"

aria-describedby="userDesc">

<span id="userDesc">✓test</span>

</div>

Findings

Accessibility Support technology used

	JAWS	NVDA	VoiceOver
FireFox34.0.5	OK	OK	N/A
IE11.0.9	OK	OK	N/A
Chrome 39.02	OK	OK	N/A
Safari MacOS	N/A	N/A	only reads top level heading

Comments

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