- From: Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 22:24:33 +0100
- To: "Henri Sivonen" <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Cc: "Matt Morgan-May" <mattmay@adobe.com>, "HTML Working Group" <public-html@w3.org>, "W3C WAI-XTECH" <wai-xtech@w3.org>
On 14/05/2008, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi> wrote: > On May 14, 2008, at 23:57, Gez Lemon wrote: > > Spell checkers often don't have words in their vocabulary that are > > legitimate words. What do you suggest happens when a screen reader > > encounters a word that it doesn't have in its dictionary? Ignore it? > > > > If it is in an src value, then yes, ignore it in the sense of not reading > it--at least by default. That seems like a better strategy than trying to > speak any src, including those that turn out to be e.g. GUIDs instead of > words. The information will then not available to assistive technology users and people using user agents that cannot render the image - a good reason to ensure that the alt attribute is mandatory, as the content quite rightly should be considered invalid (it cannot be handled). Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.com
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