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RE: Complication of the alt text issue

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From: Kilcommons,Cath
Date: Mar 12, 2002 5:14PM

Regarding using ALT and TITLE- remember that in IE, ALT will be displayed as a "tool tip" and TITLE will be read by JAWS (3.7 & 4.0)-- can't generalize that behavior to other browsers and screen readers, but that is how those two work.

Regards,
Cath

Cath Stager- Kilcommons
Assistive Technology Support and
Web Accessibility Coordinator
Assistive Technology Resource Center
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Colorado State University
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