- From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:29:45 +0100
- To: David Bolter <david.bolter@gmail.com>
- Cc: W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <AANLkTimZAA0okExmKEcgXRVJiN6rDPixEtUdGz2RWGeG@mail.gmail.com>
scratch that: there is no ARIA role="label" i must be going batty... there is a label role... regards steve On 23 August 2010 15:28, Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: > hi dave, > >role="label" > > there is no ARIA role="label" > there is an aria-label property. > > regards > steve > > On 23 August 2010 15:23, David Bolter <david.bolter@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Steve, >> >> What about putting role="label" on the image, and adding an >> aria-labelledby relation? >> >> cheers, >> D >> >> >> On 23/08/10 7:59 AM, Steven Faulkner wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> If an image has a role=presentation and a non empty alt, shouldn't the alt >> text be passed to AT? >> >> example: >> >> <a href="home.html"><img src="home.gif" alt="home page"></a> >> >> currently this typically results in a screen reader announcing: >> >> "link graphic home page" >> >> when the presenece of the role information seems less than useful in >> context. >> >> if role="presentation" allaowed the text "content" of the image object to >> be passed to AT then >> >> <a href="home.html"><img src="home.gif" alt="home page" >> role="presentation"></a> >> >> would result in the follwoing being announced: >> >> "link home page" >> >> currently this does not work as adding role="presentation" removes the >> image form the browsers accessible tree. >> >> -- >> with regards >> >> Steve Faulkner >> Technical Director - TPG Europe >> Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium >> >> www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org >> Web Accessibility Toolbar - >> http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html >> >> >> > > > -- > with regards > > Steve Faulkner > Technical Director - TPG Europe > Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium > > www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org > Web Accessibility Toolbar - > http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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