- From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:37:36 -0500
- To: David Poehlman <poehlman1@home.com>, Scott Luebking <phoenixl@sonic.net>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
I have seen (though I can't find the page now!) access keys designated on web pages as they are in the Windows environment--the letter assigned to the accesskey is underlined. This would be a visual indicator to non-screen reader users. So, a "Search" button with the "S" assigned to the accesskey would have the "S" underlined. the same would be true in text links. Jim Allan, Webmaster & Statewide Technical Support Specialist Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ "I see the Earth. It is so beautiful."-- first words spoken by human in space. [Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, from the Vostok 1, April 12, 1961.] -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of David Poehlman Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 7:17 AM To: Scott Luebking; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: Access keys how does any one know of the availability of access keys? they are good for more than just screen reader users. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Luebking" <phoenixl@sonic.net> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:26 AM Subject: Access keys Hi, One of the issues I've been looking at is the limitations of screen reader technology to deduce the intent or purpose of something. The screen reader can detect the existence of something, but has a much harder time recognizing why it is there. For example, screen reader technology can probably easily determine that accesskeys were specified, but may not know how to explain why and when they should be used. The solution I keep coming back to is providing textual explanations. For the accesskeys, the approach I've been looking at is to have an invisible image and then have the ALT attribute contain a description of the access keys. In that way the accesskey info doesn't affect the visual appearance, but is available to screen reader users. Scott PS Unfortunately, the approach isn't helpful for disabled people who don't use screen readers. PSS Perhaps XHTML needs a tags or attributes for textual information?
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