- From: Ben Morris <bmorris@activematter.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:09:46 -0400
- To: "Paul Davis" <paul@ten-20.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
To convey information to a screen reader without affecting a "normal" sighted browser, use alt text in a small transparent (or page background-colored) image. Such as: <img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="The following sentance is of extreme importance."> In a visual browser, the user will not see the alt text, even if the images are turned off since the alt text only shows within the size allocated for the image. They could see the alt text through the mouse-over effect, but only if they managed to put thier cursor over that one individual pixel. I have also thought of using this at the very top-left of pages, making the image a link, and having it say something like "For an accessible, text-only site follow this link." - Ben Morris Active Matter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another question. Recently I wrote an article on the AOL/ NFB issue, I then highlighted the get out clauses in red. This posed us a problem of how to convey that these sentences are in red, without affecting the visual versions' readability. I am sure this is elementary stuff, err, any suggestions?
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