- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:29:27 +0100
- To: W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>
a few suggestions for ARIA next role="text" when a non text object has a role of text , its to be treated as text. example use: My <img src="heart.png" alt="heart" role="text"> breaks. provides a way convey an objects text alternative without exposing its role. role="disclosure" a disclosure widget (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosure_widget) HTML5 has a disclosure widget (details/summary) and they are common in web apps. aria-description="text" like aria-label except it maps to the acc description in accessibility APIs provides a means of including an extended text description internal to an element , could be used in place of table summary attribute. for images when an accessible name is not provided but a description is. role="caption" identifies text inside an element as a caption for an associated object such as a table or image provides a role for HTML elements such as table <caption> and figure <figcaption> -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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