- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:16:40 -0600
- To: "Andy Budd" <andy@message.uk.com>, "W" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Andy wrote: <blockquote> I've got a graphic of the following text. Cloathing brand of the year. Roadcyclinguk.com However I imagine a screenreader will mangle the domain name if I use it in the alt text. As the image is wrapped in a link to that URL can I safely drop the domain name. Alternatively would it be better to spell the domain name out like this: Road cycling U.K. dot com? </blockquote> I have a couple of questions: 1. What's "cloathin"? 2. Does the anchor include screen text as well as the graphic? And if it does contain screen text, does that text duplicate the graphical text? "Good design is accessible design." John Slatin, Ph.D. Director, Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, f 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility/ -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Andy Budd Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:51 am To: W Subject: Alt text for URL's I've got a graphic of the following text. Cloathing brand of the year. Roadcyclinguk.com However I imagine a screenreader will mangle the domain name if I use it in the alt text. As the image is wrapped in a link to that URL can I safely drop the domain name. Alternatively would it be better to spell the domain name out like this: Road cycling U.K. dot com? Andy Budd http://www.message.uk.com/
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