FW: TITLE vs ALT in UAAG

> Dear UA Folks,
> 
> I think I have an item for the next draft of the UAAG.  IMHO, these
> guidelines need to be more explicit on the point that a UA _must_ allow
> the user to choose between (possibly competing) textual equivalencies,
> especially ALT and TITLE.
> 
> Guideline 2 (Ensure user access to all content) is obviously on this
> topic, but I think this subtly is easily overlooked, and I could not find
> a checkpoint that was closely targeted to the particular problem (see
> below) I am having with JAWS.
> 
> The techniques document for 2.3 mentions:
> In the user interface, construct a list of all available tracks from short
> descriptions provided by the author (e.g., through the "title" attribute).
> This is, I believe, what I am looking for.  IMHO, this little nugget needs
> to be in the body of the checkpoint and not in a parenthesis section of
> the explanation portion of a related document.  Yes, 2.3 refers to TITLE
> and ALT -- not just ALT and LONGDESC.
> 
> This section of the techniques document refers back to  "3.1.3 Access to
> equivalents" which is also on target for this problem, but again not as
> clearly as I think is necessary.  TITLE is, for example, mentioned for IMG
> (although, oddly, not for Anchor).  Things get more confounding since IMG
> are, of course, often nested within links -- which may be inside a
> Paragraph or TABLE -- which may be inside DIV.  All these nested TITLE
> attributes potentially compete with each other, and the UA needs to be
> able to render any or all of them.  The UAAG should highlight this
> situation and suggest a remedy.
> 
> Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Bruce Bailey
> ED OCIO Assistive Technology Team
> 
> 
> ----------
> From: 	Leonard R. Kasday
> Sent: 	Monday, February 5, 2001 3:51 PM
> To: 	Bailey, Bruce
> Subject: 	Re: Suggested WAVE Feature
> 
> Also,
> Would you do w3 a favor and check what ua says about it... and open 
> discussion if they don't give user ability to see both? Thanks.
> 
> 
> At 11:53 AM 2/5/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > Dear Len,
> > I just noticed this problem:
> > If an image (not a link) has both a TITLE _and_ ALT -- JAWS read the
> TITLE
> > and will not vocalize the ALT.  Maybe I am doing something wrong with
> JAWS?
> > Anyway, I would be nice if the WAVE revealed titles as well as it does
> with
> > ALT.  I don't have a good suggestion as to where or how you would fit
> this
> > additional information in!
> > Cheers,
> > Bruce

Received on Tuesday, 13 February 2001 12:29:57 UTC