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Re: Rollover Text with Images - ARIA popup or not?

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: May 14, 2014 5:22PM

[Bryan wrote] and use ARIA Tooltip markup to cause it to be announced.

Bryan, using the role of tooltip doesn't cause anything to be announced.
Generally tooltips are identified by aria-describedby which is what would
cause a screen reader to announce the tooltip -- not simply the role of
tooltip.

Jonathan