RE: Views on some accessibility details

How about users who don't have screen readers but want the alt text??  

Can it be set to do this without a screen reader?  
Is there a way to set the flag without a screen reader?

I thought I remembered something about this from an earlier conversation but I remember it as indefinite.  Current status?

Thanks

Gregg

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-----Original Message-----
From:	Charles (Chuck) Oppermann [SMTP:chuckop@MICROSOFT.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, July 23, 1997 12:10 AM
To:	dd@w3.org; Robert Savellis
Cc:	w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject:	RE: Views on some accessibility details 

	>> (2) Is it the case that the vast majority of web clients wrap
ALT text? 
	>
	>I don't really know for sure. Netscape 3.0 doesn't.

Internet Explorer 3.0 will automatically expand a image box to include
all the ALT text, wrapping it around if it would be wider than the
screen width.  This is regardless of the HEIGHT=/WIDTH= parameters.  It
is done in response to the SPI_SCREENREADER flag that Windows supports.
So, if a screen reader is present, we make sure all the ALT text is
visible on the screen.

Charles Oppermann
Program Manager, Active Accessibility, Microsoft Corporation
http://microsoft.com/enable/  mailto:chuckop@microsoft.com
"A computer on every desk and in every home, usable by everyone!"

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Daniel Dardailler [SMTP:danield@w3.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 22, 1997 5:18 AM
> To:	Robert Savellis
> Cc:	w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject:	Re: Views on some accessibility details 
> 
> 
> > 
> > I have had some feedback on the AUS Accessibility Standards
> > for Web Design (guidelines for accessibility for Australian 
> > Govt websites), in regards to fine-tuning some of the Standards.
> > 
> > However, I am not certain as to the accuracy of some of these 
> > recommendations, therefore, I was hopeful for some expert feedback.
> > 
> > (1) Do the Height and Width attributes in image tags alter page load
> time, 
> > or do they simply load text first?
> 
> The issue is with formatting.
> 
> You have to load some text first, in order to get the IMG SRC that are
> included. But since you don't want to relayout the text after each
> images, it's better to know the size of the image in advance (so you
> reserve the space and move forward in the text stream).
> 
> So yes, putting image size is valuable.
> 
> Note that this can also be done using CSS.
>   <IMG SRC=foo.gif STYLE="width:3cm;height:4cm">
> 
> > (2) Is it the case that the vast majority of web clients wrap ALT
> text? 
> 
> I don't really know for sure. Netscape 3.0 doesn't.
>  
> > (3) Is it fair to describe the latest version of Lynx as frames
> capable?
> 
> Don't know.
>  
> > (4) Finally, does validation also serve the purpose of making a site
> > accessible? 
> 
> What kind of validation ? just HTML ?

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