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Re: accessible rotating image scripts?

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From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Jan 22, 2010 2:30PM

Jeremy Merritt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone utilize any scripts for displaying a series of automatically refreshing images in an accessible format?
>
> This may be a long shot, but ideally, I am looking for a way to cycle through a selection of images automatically, and display associated text (i.e. a quote or a caption) for each photo. There would need to be a way to (at the very least) pause the rotating images to accommodate those with visual/cognitive disabilities.
>
> I welcome any pointers/suggestions
>
That is terribly easy to build.

I've had a demo in the 6th chapter of my book:

http://beginningjavascript.com/Chapter6/exampleAutoSlideShow.html

I can extend that to show a caption below.