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Re: The title attribute and screen readers

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From: Léonie Watson
Date: Jun 25, 2007 8:50AM

Paul Collins wrote:

"I was always under the impression that the title attribute would not be read out by default using the bulk of screen readers and therefore it should not be used to convey vital information like a popup window about to occur."

This is certainly the case with Jaws. It is possible to configure it to pick up the title attribute in a link, but it is not done by default. I believe it's the same in Window Eyes, but my version's up the spout at the moment, so I can't check.

Regards,
Léonie.