Hello Sailesh, Thank you for the extra details on how screen readers handle a longdesc that links to the same page. > Actually, I wonder why one should give detailed description > of the img on the same page. It is text equivalent info meant > for those who cannot see the image. So it will clutter up the > page if it is on the same page and might be a usability issue > for sighted users unless of course the longdesc contains some > explanation of the image etc. which serves all users. Then why > use longdesc... just link to it. I've used the technique recently on my site where the content of an image was a scan of a snippet from a newspaper article that was difficult to read. Immediately beneath it, I placed a blockquote that contained the text from the image. In this particular example, there was no point linking to it, as the content immediately followed the image. In my mind, I saw the longdesc as a convenient means of associating the image to the blockquote that followed markup and accessibility guidelines, but it's a shame that the technique isn't supported. Best regards, Gez _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins Web: http://juicystudio.com Keeping developers informed! IWA/HWG MemberReceived on Thursday, 23 September 2004 14:24:57 GMT
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