Re: Map element read by screen readers

Hi Gregory

I'm using Home Page Reader 3.0, which works with IE 5. I have changed 
some of the defaults, but none to do with "map" as you don't get the 
option. I tried your first example page 
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/tests/navbar.html and got the same result as 
with my test page, ie when it gets to the map element it reads "start 
of map with 0 items" then reads the links, then "end of map".

Cheers

Rebecca



>aloha
>
>the first question to be asked is:
>
>1. what screen reader are you using? (please provide not only name, but
>version number, as well - choose "Help" and then "About" to discern)
>
>the second question to be asked is:
>
>2. did you change any of the screen reader's default settings?
>
>the third essential question is:
>
>3. what browser are you using? (please provide not only name, but version
>number, as well - choose "Help" and then "About" to discern)
>
>using JAWS for Windows versions 3.x and 4.0 in conjunction with MSIE 5.5-SP1
>or Lynx32 (version 2.8.4dev2), textual maps are handled without problem -
>could you please also try the following test pages, in which the MAP element
>is used to provide a navigation bar:
>http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/tests/navbar.html
>http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/tests/accesskey1.html
>http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/tests/accesskey3.html
>(the markup of the last 2 passes the W3C validator) - and report what you
>hear?
>
>when the MAP element does not contain graphics, JFW does not identify the
>links contained within the MAP as "image map links" (when the
>user-configurable setting "Say Link Type" is selected, which is the default
>setting) as it does when it encounters an image map comprised of IMG
>elements - for more information on JFW's HTML Options, consult:
>http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/wai/ua/longdesc/jfw-html-options-20000223.html
>
>gregory.

Received on Sunday, 9 September 2001 17:22:25 UTC