Screen Readers and Hidden Inputs

I am a newbie at this. I'm sorry if I am asking basic questions. If there is a place I can find answers to questions like these, please let me know.

I have the following code. Will screen readers read it? If so, will they just read the name, or nothing at all?

<input type="hidden" name="topage" value="/etshome.jsp">

Thank you very much.

Joanne Lastort

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Hi Joanne,

Great question!

Using the type 'hidden' will hide the input field from all types of user interfaces - including screen readers.

For more information on creating accessible forms, check out WebAIM: http://www.webaim.org/techniques/forms/

This resource has examples and information about the various form tags, how they work, and includes access to how each of the forms sound when a reader is being used.