- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:48:40 +1000 (EST)
- To: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
The ALT attribute of the AREA element is the mechanism provided for in the HTML 3.2 and 4.0 specifications. It seems reasonable to require user agents to support this capability. Likewise, it is difficult to envisage how, in a braille or speech context, the active regions of a client-side image map could be rendered other than via text (there may be other indicators, such as audible cues, but surely in almost all cases, a textual label would be necessary). I think we need further discussion of the alternatives before accepting Ian's proposal.
Received on Thursday, 26 August 1999 18:48:59 UTC