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Re: iframes and alt attribute

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Mar 20, 2016 10:57AM

Oddly enough, Jaws with FF takes the accessible name of an iframe from
the title element inside it rather then the title attribute on the
iframe tag.
I guess it can be justified by the accessible name calculation
algorithm which checks for accessible name from content before it
checks for the title attribute.



On 3/19/16, Dona Patrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who answered my question. It was very helpful.
>
> Dona
> On Mar 16, 2016 3:28 PM, "Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
>> Dona,
>>
>> Only a title is needed, additional markup including aria could be added,
>> but a title is the must here.....
>>
>>
>>
>> * katie *
>>
>> Katie Haritos-Shea
>> Senior Accessibility SME (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA)
>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
>> Behalf Of Dona Patrick
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:36 PM
>> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> Subject: [WebAIM] iframes and alt attribute
>>
>> Good afternoon,
>>
>> We are having a discussion at work about using alt attributes in iframes
>> (embedded videos) (in HTML5 pages).
>>
>> Some folks are insisting that the alt attribute is included with every
>> iframe. I've only ever heard that the title attribute is required.
>>
>> The reason this is an issue is because the CMS makes it difficult to add
>> the alt attribute, whereas the title attribute is automatically added.
>>
>> So the question is this: is the alt attribute required for iframes?
>>
>> Apologies if this has already been discussed. I did not search the
>> archives.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dona
>> >> >> at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
>> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > > >


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