- From: Daniel Weck <daniel.weck@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:05:07 +0000
- To: www-style@w3.org, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, Charles Belov <Charles.Belov@sfmta.com>
Charles wrote: > http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#text-equiv > states: > > 1.1.1 Non-text Content: All non-text content that is presented to the > user has a text alternative that serves the equivalent purpose, except > for the situations listed below. (Level A) > ... > Decoration, Formatting, Invisible: If non-text content is pure > decoration, is used only for visual formatting, or is not presented to > users, then it is implemented in a way that it can be ignored by > assistive technology. > > speak:none (or speakability:none as Fantasai suggested) would allow > exclusion of such displayed content from being read aloud. Thanks Charles. Obviously I totally agree on the principle, but I was making a point about the way this can be achieved. My impression was (and still is, although I am not adamant, I just have a strong preference) that "display:none" could also be set in an aural style sheet to achieve the most suitable presentation for a screen-reader user (by effectively overriding the main "visual" styles). I do appreciate the point about separating "display" and "speakability" aspects though, which has benefits beyond the mere purist satisfaction. I will explore Fantasai's suggestion. Any other thoughts welcome! Regards, Daniel
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