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From: Wee, Kim (MNIT)
Date: Aug 19, 2014 11:26AM

I agree - the graphical icon for new windows, external links, PDF, etc. works great for visual users and by adding text alternative works also for screen readers - but, when I tested this technique and made the graphic part of the link (not separate from the link text, which is what you should do in order to not have duplicate links read to the screen reader), the alternate text was not read by the screen reader.

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