- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:49:41 +0100
- To: "Simon Pieters" <simonp@opera.com>, public-html-a11y@w3.org, wai-xtech@w3.org
simon wrote: > The images are already associated with the caption, thanks to > <figure> and <figcaption>. so, if i query an individual IMG element contained within the FIGURE element, will it tell me the value for the caption and the alt associated with that particular IMG? obviously, the user should be the one who sets verbosity through the UA/AT (or a combination thereof): FIGURE verbosity: * "speak figcaption, then alt" * "speak alt, then figcaption" * "speak alt only" what i from a user perspective want is the ability to: 1. query each IMG contained in a single FIGURE for the FIGCAPTION for that figure; 2. query each IMG contained in a single FIGURE for the alt text associated with each IMG; 3. be able to query for the FIGCAPTION whenever focus is contained in the FIGCAPTION's parent FIGURE the bottom line is getting a model that is similar to the FIELDSET, LEGEND, and LABEL model, with FIGURE being the FIELDSET, FIGCAPTION the LEGEND, and the alt text the LABEL, gregory. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devils' Dictionary ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net AND unagi69@concentric.net Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html UBATS: United Blind Advocates for Talking Signs: http://ubats.org -----------------------------------------------------------------
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