The fieldset below has span around the legend

Please select your eye colour:

Blue
Green
Other

The fieldset below has div around the legend

Please select your eye colour:

Blue
Green
Other

The fieldset below has NO div or span around the legend

Please select your age:

0 - 30
31 - 60
61 - 100

Using JAWS or NVDA tab into the first or second radio groups, the legend is not announced. Tab into the third group and the legend is announced.

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David MacDonald is a 15 year WCAG veteran and co-editor of Using WAI ARIA in HTML5 . Opinions are my own.