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Re: Strikethrough Content with Screen Readers
From: Pooja.Nahata@cognizant.com
Date: Nov 19, 2010 9:09AM
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I second Jared thoughts.
I am of the opinion if we go down this route of adding additional
information in the attributes - we would be over doing accessibility and
won't be a able to define how much is too much.
If proper markup is used, AT should pass the same information to the
user like a sighted user would receive.
Regards
Pooja Nahata - Accessibility Practice Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jared Smith
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 9:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Strikethrough Content with Screen Readers
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 7:45 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Is there any way
> the developers of the content can do anything, so that the screen
reader
> user do not need to change the settings and still get the correct
> information?
No. Nor should they. It's the responsibility of assistive technology
to properly handle the most simple of markup. And it's our
responsibility to demand that they do.
We're reaching a *very* critical time on the web where if AT does not
step up and start handling basic HTML, ARIA, and (especially) HTML5
markup (which has both <del> and <ins> and much more) that users of
these technologies are going to quickly begin having very poor
experiences on the web despite web authors creating highly accessible
and well marked-up content. </rant>
Jared Smith
WebAIM
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