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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Sep 15, 2014 4:07AM

I would propose buttons with icons (or image buttons) using
aria-describedby to point to the name of the file.
something along the lines of
<p id="article1">Creating accessible document in Microsoft Word</p>
<a href="download script" role="button"
aria-describedby="article1"><img src="pth of pdf icon" alt="Download
PDF"></a>

However you do it I the file name needs to be accessible, the word
"download" should be there and the version "PDF, Word etc.".
It is strongly recommended to use visual icons with accessible alt
text or hidden text (alt text does not work if you include the icon as
a CSS .background image and then the equivalent info must be included
in the content or explicit labeling).
Cheers
-B



On 9/12/14, Ryan E. Benson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Mallory said
>>That's pretty wordy, though, and kinda faintly suggests that people
>> have to be told that documents are to be read :P
>
> Concur. I'd argue it should be [link]Creating Accessible Word Docs - PDF
> format[/link]
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Mallory van Achterberg <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 02:39:36PM -0400, John E Brandt wrote:
>> > Preferred (probably in an unordered list form):
>> > [Link] Use this link to download and read "Creating Accessible Word
>> > Documents" in MS-Word format[/Link]
>> > [Link] Use this link to download and read "Creating Accessible Word
>> > Documents" in PDF format[/Link]
>>
>> That's pretty wordy, though, and kinda faintly suggests that people
>> have to be told that documents are to be read :P
>>
>> But I agree it needs to contain full text, or in other words treated
>> as if the user runs across them as standalone things without context.
>>
>> _mallory
>> >> >> >>
> > > >


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