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Preventing VoiceOver OS X from speaking "clickable"

pauljadam.com/demos/voiceover-clickable.html

Resources: https://learn.jquery.com/events/event-delegation/

VO speaks clickable when theres a click or other mouse event on items that are not normally associated with clicking. To avoid it, pick an appropriate role for the element, or use event delegation on the body element.

Event handler attached to <ul id="list">

Item #1
Item #2
Item #3
Item #4
Non focusable item speaks "clickable"

Event handler attached to <body> element

Item #1
Item #2
Item #3
Item #4
Non focusable item speaks text string only