On Oct 31, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:54:12 +0600, David Walbert > <dwalbert at learnnc.org> wrote: > ... >> I would never want to require that a footnote be read to anyone, >> thereby interrupting the text -- it is in the nature of a footnote to >> be optional reading and to stand apart from the text. Any user should >> have the option of reading/hearing it, or not. > > But how would the user know that there is a footnote anchored to a > specific place? > ... By a variation on the way the screenreader tells them there is a link anchored to a specific place. For example, an unobtrusive sound effect at each footnote reference, and a command to read the last-encountered footnote. -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/Received on Saturday, 4 November 2006 05:25:43 UTC
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