Re: Reference to the title attribute on a techniqu that deals with abbr

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 12:58 PM, <noreply@w3.org> wrote:

> Name: Devarshi Pant
> Email: devarshipant@gmail.com
> Affiliation:
> Document: TD
> Item Number: H28
> Part of Item: User Agent Notes
> Comment Type: technical
> Summary of Issue: Reference to the title attribute on a techniqu that
> deals with abbr
> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
> Note that a screen reader like JAWS allows users to set 'expand
> abbreviation' and 'expand acronym' in their configuration settings, which
> goes against the user agent notes that cite the title attribute. The fact
> is that this technique is about acronyms and abbreviation.
> The first two pointers do not seem to be in the right place follow:
> ">Assistive technologies provide different levels of support for speaking
> title attributes. Some do not include features that allow users to access
> information provided via the title attribute.
> >Implementing this technique with the title attribute is only sufficient
> if the title attribute is accessibility supported. The content of the title
> attribute needs to be available to all keyboard users (not only those with
> text-to-speech software) for this attribute to be accessibility supported."
>
>
> Proposed Change:
> Replace the first two pointers with:
>
> > Assistive technologies provide different levels of support for speaking
> abbreviations and acronyms.
>
>
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Response from the Working Group
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Thank you for raising this. We have replace the first user agent note with
your proposed text. However, we retained the second note, since access to
the abbreviation expansion for keyboard users is often missing.

Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group