- From: <jukka.korpela@tieke.fi>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:13:53 +0200
- To: W3C WAI-IG list <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Petri Laatunen wrote: > I just tested both alt="" and alt=" " with JAWS screen reader. > Unfortunately alt="" doesn't work quite correctly: if alt is > empty with even no space in quotes, JAWS tries to find title > property and may even read the name of the image file! I presume this happens only when the image is a link, that is, inside an <a href> element. But does it happen when the <a href> element contains both the image and some text? In any case, it seems that the problem of reading images with alt="" can be avoided by not making images links when there is a corresponding textual link too. After all, the only thing that such duplication serves is to reinforce some people's tendency to click on anything to see whether it's a link somewhere. For image links without such duplication, the problem does not arise, since the alt text can and should be descriptive of the meaning. -- Jukka K. Korpela, erityisasiantuntija / senior adviser TIEKE Tietoyhteiskunnan kehittämiskeskus ry Finnish Information Society Development Centre Salomonkatu 17 A, 10th floor, FIN-00100 HELSINKI, FINLAND Phone: +358 9 4763 0397 Fax: +358 9 4763 0399 http://www.tieke.fi jukka.korpela@tieke.fi
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