ISSUE-30 (Longdesc): WebAIM 2009 survey

WebAIM released the results of their 2009 screenreader survey. 
One of the questions I thought relevant to this issue:

<http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey2/#images>

     "Some images, such as charts, diagrams, or comic strips, 
are too
     complex to describe in only a few words. If a long, detailed
     description of these images is available, how would you 
prefer to
     have it presented to you?"


     "There is no clear consensus in these responses. However, the
     in-page options outweigh the options that place the longer
     description on another page. Interestingly, the option of placing
     the alternative on a separate page but having it announced 
by the
     screen reader, the current behavior of images with the longdesc
     attribute, was a very unpopular option, second only to 
being ignored
     entirely."

Regards,


-Steve

-- 
Steve Axthelm
steveax@pobox.com

Received on Monday, 2 November 2009 16:43:39 UTC