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Re: Verdict on TITLE attributes for screen readers (WAS Re: Identifying link targets)

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Sep 21, 2004 12:32PM








>;Are title attributes a viable/valid way to uniquely ID >;multiple
links on a web page for access via screen >;readers? Do screen readers read
TITLE>;attributes by default? If they do, what type of user turns >;this
option off and why?
I have repeatedly suggested to Freedom Scientific
that JAWS should read the title attribut on any element especially if it
is different from the attribute that is read by default. For instance screen (or
anchor) text on a link and the title for links, or alt and title for
images. JAWS implements this only for form labels. I have urged FS
to make JAWS read title on list, map, form elements etc... in other words
wherever title is legal.
I have also written to GW Micro but neither has
implemented this as yet. Perhaps needs more lobbying.
Sailesh PanchangSenior Accessibility Engineer Deque
Systems,11180 Sunrise Valley Drive, 4th Floor, Reston VA 20191Tel:
703-225-0380 Extension 105 E-mail: <A
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