- From: Mike Scott <mscott@msfw.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:38:22 -0600
- To: "Chuck Letourneau" <cpl@starlingweb.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> 2) All current Web-aware screen-readers (or Web page readers) > will expose "title" text if it is present only if "alt" text > is not also present in the same element. At least with JAWS, it's the other way around, i.e. JAWS will read the "alt" only if the "title" is not also present (including the "title" of an <a> which contains the image). This is not necesarily the best practice, but it is "current" practice... -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Chuck Letourneau Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:33 PM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: ALT - TITLE - LONGDESC? I have been asked to summarize the current state of screen-reader support for the attributes alt, title and longdesc. I believe the following three statements are true as of today's date (but I admit to a good deal of confusion over the second statement ). 1) All current Web-aware screen-readers (or Web page readers) expose "alt" text by default if it is present. 2) All current Web-aware screen-readers (or Web page readers) will expose "title" text if it is present only if "alt" text is not also present in the same element. 3) No current release of screen-reader (or Web page reader) exposes the "longdesc" URL. I would appreciate hearing from users or developers who could confirm, deny or refine these statements. Regards, Chuck Letourneau
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