- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:22:19 -0600
- To: "Jim Thatcher" <jim@jimthatcher.com>, "Chris Ridpath" <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>, "WAI WCAG List" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Chris Ridpath wrote: <blockquote> We could also exclude the words "submit" and "button" on INPUT elements that have a type of "image". It's already explicit in the HTML code that the this is a submit button so the Alt text should contain other information. </blockquote> Jim Thatcher responded: <JT>I think this is an error. The alt-text is in input with type="image". The alt text is the only way text is associated with the image button - and that might well be "submit" but probably not "button". </JT> But some AT identifies buttons as well. I know JAWS does (and has for al ong time), and I'm pretty sure Home Page Reader does. Does anyone know whether Window-Eyes, HAL, and other screen readers report that buttons are buttons? John Jim
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