Re: fear of "invisible metadata" [was Re: retention of summary attribute for TABLE element]

On 6/21/07 5:42 PM, "Joshue O Connor" <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote:

> 
> Maurice Carey wrote:
>> Does anyone know, when a screen reader encounters a longdesc, does it
>> navigate to the long description or does it pull it up behind the scenes and
>> read it out loud in context?
> 
> No, it doesn't do either.
> 
> Josh
> 
> 
> 
So what does it do? Or what would the user do to make use of its existence?
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