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Re: JAWS 9 - Reading TITLEs of Links

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From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Mar 12, 2009 4:45AM

Paul Collins wrote:
> I'm wondering how many screen reader users actually turn that function on, or stick to the default? Would have been a great question for the WebAIM Screen Reader Survey.
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> I still avoid using titles for that reason - if I add important information in the title area, I assume it won't be read out by the majority of assistive software users.
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> Does anyone know the stats on this?
> Cheers
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>
Who cares? If it is not a default, so you can't rely on it.