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Re: Question on the alt text for images...

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From: David Farough
Date: Jul 14, 2016 7:59AM

With regard to the use of quotation and parenthesis when specifying alt
text, sometimes the use of parenthesis will cause a synthesizer to speak
the word, followed by the string contained within the parenthesis
without speaking the
parenthesis punctuation. sometimes the results are unpredictable.
in the alt text you quoted, see below: .
*Configuration dialog box with the "Next" button highlighted
(optionally you could simply press the enter key rather than clicking on
the "Next" button)*
I did not hear the quotes or parenthesis spoken. I did however hear
the asterisks as star.
A screen reader delivers this text as a single unit of text. The user
cannot examine this text unless they use a Braille display,, or are able
to view it on screen.



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David Farough

Coordonnateur de l'accessibilité des applications, Services intégrés de
gestion des TI
Commission de la fonction publique du Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
<EMAIL REMOVED> Tél: 819-420-8418 Télécopieur :
819-420-8408

Application Accessibility Co-ordinator, Corporate IT Management
Public Service Commission of Canada / Government of Canada
<EMAIL REMOVED> Tel: 819-420-8418 / Fax: 819-420-8408




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