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Re: Truncated links and titles

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From: Paul Adam
Date: Jun 25, 2015 11:19AM

That's not correct. VO OS X reads title of links with a default delay
after reading the link text or Accessible name. iOS is the same with a
very short delay.

If you want to control how a screen reader speaks the link text then
modify the accessible name eg aria-label.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 25, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Remember, that JAWS is not the only screen reader. VoiceOVer on the Macintosh will generally read the title rather than the screen text unless you interact with the element. I believe this will be OK in this situation, though on a specific web site there were onClick spans that VoiceOver would read click here for more inofrmation, and one would not know what you were supposed to find more information about.
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> Jonathan Cohn
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>> On Jun 25, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Moore,Michael (HHSC) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> The title will not be read for a text link in JAWS by default. It requires the user make changes to their verbosity settings.
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>> Mike Moore
>> Accessibility Coordinator
>> Texas Health and Human Services Commission
>> Civil Rights Office
>> (512) 438-3431 (Office)
>> (512) 574-0091 (Cell)
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