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Re: JAWS reading "slash" instead of alt text

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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Feb 3, 2012 4:15AM

JAWS 13 was reading both attributes which meant that the known bug of
reading "slash" was fixed but I just checked in a document with a lot of
pictures and JAWS wasn't reading either, it was reverting to the bug of
reading "slash."

So the bug is back in JAWS 13.

Cheers, Karen


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Priti
Sent: February-03-12 4:24 AM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS reading "slash" instead of alt text

Hi Karen,

Are you using JAWS 12? If yes, it will read the image as "/" instead of the
image alt when read using the Down Arrow key. It seems to be a bug as JAWS
12 reads the image alt correctly when accessed using the quick nav key "G"
or by pressing "Ctrl + Up/Down" to navigate between paragraphs.
Would be interesting to know how JAWS 13 reads image alts in Word 2010
documents. Have not tried, would love to hear from any one else has tried
the same on the list.

Ryan this happens even if the alt is specified in the description field.

Hope this helps...


Thanks & Regards,
Priti Rohra
Accessibility Consultant
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ryan E. Benson
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:48 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS reading "slash" instead of alt text

Karen - is your alt in the title field or description field? It needs to be
in description.

--
Ryan E. Benson



On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Karen Sorensen < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> Can anyone tell me why a MS Word document 2010 is suddenly reading "slash"
> for all of my image alt attributes? I can't figure it out. Could be a
> JAWS setting that I messed with. Anyone have any ideas?
> Thank you.
> Karen
>
> --
> Karen M. Sorensen
> Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland
> Community College
> 971-722-4720
>