- From: Aaron Smith <aaron@gwmicro.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:31:34 -0500
- To: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- CC: Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>, Michael S Elledge <elledge@msu.edu>, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org
John, Window-Eyes has a host verbosity options that indicate various element properties, including the ability to read image source names when alternative text isn't available. There's not one that specifically says, "This element has a title attribute." Aaron John M Slatin wrote: > E Excellent! Thanks, Aaron. So now it's down to JAWS... And maybe > it has some keystroke I haven't come across yet (please tell me, > someone!). > > Do HPR and Window-Eyes indicate somehow that such additional information > is available? Or does the user just have to think, "Hay, I wonder if > this one has a title attribute"? > > Thanks, > John > > "Good design is accessible design" > John Slatin, Director > Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin 1 University > station Stop G9600 > Austin, TX 78712, USA > Phone +1.512.495.4288 Fax +1.512.495.4524 cell +1.512.784.7533 > email jslatin@austin.utexas.edu > www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Smith [mailto:aaron@gwmicro.com] > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:17 PM > To: Phill Jenkins > Cc: John M Slatin; Michael S Elledge; John Foliot; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org; > w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org > Subject: Re: examples of sites with good accessibility > > > Just FYI, Window-Eyes does have an Element Properties hot key (INS-E by > default) which provides various information, including any alternative > text (i.e. ALT or TITLE attributes). > > Aaron > > Phill Jenkins wrote: >> You're right that there's no keystroke in JAWS (or Window-Eyes, or >> Home Page Reader, or HAL) that would allow the user to query the title > >> attribute of a specific element. And I for one think it would be >> incredibly useful, >> >> Home Page Reader does have this functionality - its the F1 or Shift F1 >> key that reads the title attribute, and displays it in the "info view" > too. >> Regards, >> Phill Jenkins >> IBM Worldwide Accessibility Center > -- To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team. Aaron Smith GW Micro Phone: 260/489-3671 Fax: 260/489-2608 WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com Technical Support & Web Development
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