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Re: How to indicate <strike> text
From: Weissenberger, Todd M
Date: May 31, 2015 1:10PM
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Sean, thanks for the tip. I'll check it out right away.
Todd
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From: Sean Curtis [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 5:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] How to indicate <strike> text
Hi Todd,
The <strike> element has been deprecated in favour of a <del> element for removed text, or a span one if the line-through is purely presentational. See this MDN page for more info: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/strike
As for getting AT to read <ins> and <del> elements well, I know Paul J Adam has done lots of testing for this, and has a great page on his blog explaining his findings: http://pauljadam.com/demos/css-line-through-del-ins-accessibility.html
Cheers,
Sean
> On 31 May 2015, at 7:42 am, Weissenberger, Todd M < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Sorry if this has been discussed here before:
>
> My developers recently asked about <strike>/<s> text, as used to reflect changes in evolving documents. I tested a few JAWS and NVDA on a few different browsers, but the stri fcken text was always vocalized by the AT.
>
> Any good suggestions on how best to indicate that a span of text has been removed, and that another span of text is its replacement?
>
> Example:
>
> <p>The project will be overseen by <strike>IT Services</strike> the
> Applications group.</p>
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
> T.M. Weissenberger
> Web Accessibility Coordinator
> Information Technology Services
> University of Iowa
>
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