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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Feb 19, 2016 1:01PM


There's also CSS4 Alt text for Generated Content working in iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 http://pauljadam.com/demos/css4altgeneratedcontent.html <http://pauljadam.com/demos/css4altgeneratedcontent.html>;.

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

> On Feb 19, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Joseph Sherman < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> We are now using font icons for header and footer image links (like logos, twitter, facebook, etc). Since they are not images, they do not any ALT. They do have Titles. On Windows and iOS, they work fine- JAWS and NVDA read the Title and link. On Mac and Android, VoiceOver/Talkback only says "link", and does not read the Title or url so the user has no idea what the link is for.
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> Is this a VoiceOver bug? Is there an attribute like ALT for font icons?
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> Joseph
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