- From: Ryan Jean <ryanj@disnetwork.org>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:58:00 -0400
- To: "'Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis'" <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com>
- Cc: "'David Woolley'" <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
<img alt="hello world"> It reads "hello world" but... <p>hello Sam</p> It will not read "hello Sam". Sincerely, Ryan Jean Assistant IT Specialist The Disability Network Flint, MI -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis [mailto:bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:53 AM To: Ryan Jean Cc: 'David Woolley'; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: JavaScript and Screen Readers Ryan Jean wrote: > No, it will read the alt but not standard text. Without a test case, I'm still not precisely sure what you mean. > And you are right about forcing it. It's the only way I could figure out to > still reload new information and have JAWS read it, inside the textarea tag. This Juicy Studio article describe a way to force JAWS to update its buffer with a less drastic hack: http://juicystudio.com/article/improving-ajax-applications-for-jaws-users.ph p -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
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