[307] Action item: font info and screen readers

During yesterday's call I took an ation item to find out whether screen
readers can identify text attributes.
 
Both JAWS (5.x) and Window-Eyes (4.5) identify text attributes on
request. Both apparently read the CSS. For example, JAWS reads all fonts
specified by font-family; font-size; weight; text-align;
text-decoration; and color. It reports font-size using whatever unit of
measure is specified in the CSS. Window-Eyes does roughly the same.
 
I'm not sure aobut HAL, but from what I can gather HAL 6.01 should
provide at least some information about text attributes.
 
John

"Good design is accessible design." 
John Slatin, Ph.D.
Director, Accessibility Institute
University of Texas at Austin
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