- From: Ramón Corominas <listas@ramoncorominas.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:25:49 +0200
- To: Adam Cooper <cooperad@bigpond.com>
- CC: 'John Foliot' <john@foliot.ca>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, 'WebAIM Discussion List' <webaim-forum@list.webaim.org>
Hi, Adam and all, > And in answer to your question: you should not bother using off-screen text. > It is arguable that it doesn't meet 1.3.1 and screen reader users are not > the only people with disabilities who are going to be viewing the page nor > the only type of assistive technology used. As many other techniques, off-screen text can comply with 1.3.1 (and any other SC) if used properly. Indeed, hiding a portion of a link is a very useful technique that can help blind users to understand the purpose of a link in situations where the visual design doesn't allow the full text to be shown. For example: <h2>Annual Report 2011</h2> <p>Last year our incomes where...</p> <p><a href="report_2011.pdf"> <img src="pdf-ico.png" alt="" /> Download <span class="hide-off-screen">Annual Report 2011 in PDF format</span> </a></p> Regards, Ramón.
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