- From: David Clark <dmclark@cast.org>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 11:38:13 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org>
Sorry, I meant to send this to the list. dc -----Original Message----- From: David Clark [mailto:dmclark@cast.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 11:23 AM To: 'dd@w3.org' Subject: RE: Textual Equivalents Comments interspersed IN CAPS dc: simple image <IMG SRC=url> * ALT of IMG * TITLE of IMG * NAME of IMG * Filename part of url * ImageComments * Size heuristic * Pixel Pattern heuristic * Pixel OCR * IMAGE LOCATION (ie masthead usually centered at top) * REDUNDANCY OF IMAGE (both intrapage and interpage) image used as link <A HREF=url><IMG SRC=url></A> * ALT of IMG * TITLE of IMG * TITLE of A * NAME of IMG * NAME of A (IS THIS The SAME AS NAME OF LINK?) * Filename part of url * GET <TITLE> of url * ImageComments * Size heuristic * Pixel Pattern heuristic * Pixel OCR client side imagemap <MAP> <AREA HREF=url> ... * ALT of AREA * TITLE of AREA * NAME of AREA * GET <TITLE> of url * Filename part of url * Pixel OCR of shape/coord frameset <FRAME SRC=url> * TITLE of FRAME * NAME of FRAME * GET <TITLE> of URL link text <A HREF=url> "click here" </A> * TITLE of A * NAME of A * Context sentence * GET <TITLE> of url input field image <INPUT SRC=url> no ALT * TITLE of INPUT * NAME of INPUT * TYPE (if not image) * if TYPE=image, see server side imagemap next server side imagemap <IMG ismap> <INPUT type=image> * Loop.GET.<TITLE> -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-er-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-er-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Dardailler Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 10:28 AM To: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org Subject: Textual Equivalents http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/text-equiv.htm This document describes techniques to be used by tools (browser, proxy, converter) taking HTML as input (incomplete or othersize inaccessible, IMG with no ALT, FRAME with no TITLE, etc) and trying to come up with textual alternatives for all sort of visuals lacking their native description. I would like the ER IG to review and discuss it before I start sharing it with other groups in or outside W3C, like the WAP forum, who is going to work on similar technique for wireless/mobile access to the Web.
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