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From: Steven Faulkner
Date: Jun 3, 2008 6:10AM

hi paul,
i did some research a while back which is available:
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=37

as far as window eyes and jaws there has been no major change in the
way in which the title attribite is supported.

be aware that the the main problem is when the title attribute is used
on a link, not when used on from controls.

2008/6/3 Paul Collins < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:
> Hi all,
>
> Just wondering what the latest is on this? The title never used to be
> read out by JAWS, IBM and the like, although that was supposed to be
> changing. Does anyone have the latest on which popular screenreaders
> read out both the title and alt attribute?
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>