- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:09:22 +0100
- To: "Philip Taylor (Webmaster)" <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Cc: Steve Faulkner <sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com>, HTMLWG <public-html@w3.org>, wai-xtech@w3.org
Hi Philip. >> Do all AT clients tell their users when an image is a link ? >> >> I ask because knowing where a link will take one is useful >> only if one knows it is a link in the first place. I can't say *all* but certainly most do. A screen reader announces to the user what the element is, so in this case the screen reader will output (in this order). Graphic/Image/Link/alt text/possibly title attribute contents. Josh Philip Taylor (Webmaster) wrote: > > > Joshue O Connor wrote: > >> Steve Faulkner wrote: > >>> Because of the different support provided by AT the safest bet would >>> be, if >>> the image is the sole content of a link, a description of the links >>> target >>> page, not a description of the image. for example: >>> >>> <img alt="Sgt.Pepper and Robinone Individual Photo Page"> >> >> Thats right. The screen reader user will not care that the image you >> have used is of a nice shiny aqua styled icon. In this context such >> information and description about the graphic itself is completely >> redundant. It is much better to describe for the user the link >> destination, or give then some information about what they can do or >> expect when they get there. > > Do all AT clients tell their users when an image is a link ? > > I ask because knowing where a link will take one is useful > only if one knows it is a link in the first place. > > Philip TAYLOR >
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