- From: Tina Holmboe <tina@greytower.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:01:05 +0200 (CEST)
- To: Andrew LaHart <andrew.lahart@us.ibm.com>
- cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
On 5 Sep, Andrew LaHart wrote:
> Hi Tina, The <code> elements are not rendered on the page. As mentioned in
> my email:
The problem you are referring to is a built-in flaw with screen
"readers" - ie. they simply read the what is on the screen, and ignore
the underlying structures.
This isn't something which can be handled by changing the way
documents are written, but ONLY in the way the AT work: it must look
at the elements and structure before presenting the information.
I am quite aware of the way quite a few ATs work today, but once we
start down the "we gotta add something in visual content for them to
pick up on" road we'll have pilcrows in front of every paragraph, and
"**" wiki style in front of everything emphasized.
> The question is, if those tags are not visible nor readable by a screen
> reader, is this a failure?
Yes - but it is a *tool* failure. All the information required is
there. (Note: this apply to CODE, not PRE, in which care you are
correct).
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- Tina Holmboe siteSifter Greytower Technologies
http://www.sitesifter.co.uk http://www.greytower.net
Website Quality and Accessibility Testing
Received on Friday, 5 September 2008 15:01:40 UTC